Modern Wisdom Podcast with Chris Williamson –  16 Surprising Psychology Truths – Gurwinder Bhogal

Modern Wisdom Podcast with Chris Williamson – 16 Surprising Psychology Truths – Gurwinder Bhogal

A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance if the need for illusion is high.

Taleb’s surgeons

Always factor in other people’s prejudices

Deferred Happiness Syndrome

If I just do this, then I’ll be happy.

The fading affect bias

Regret is good

if you have 2 choices to make and it’s 50/50, take the path that’s more painful in the short term

The need to have an opinion compels people to take a stance on things that they don’t know anything about.

The opinion is everything

The emotion of fear

Few foes crush us more than our emotions, so a victory over our enemies requires victory over our feelings about them.

It’s now impossible to distinguish trolling from sincerity online, partly because shitposts have become so lifelike, and partly because life has become so shitpost like.

Problem with negative experiences

How to stop the ever-increasing intensity of negative experiences?

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”

Authoritarianism

Gurwinder’s theory of bespoke bullshit

In the age of social media, opinions are more important than deeds.

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