Nudges and noise
The way we think makes us vulnerable to bad decision making. In his guide to thinking better, Steven Pinker explores how we can exploit cognitive biases to make better choices.
The way we think makes us vulnerable to bad decision making, but in his guide to thinking better, Steven Pinker explores how we can exploit our cognitive biases to make better choices.
Professor Pinker is joined by:
Daniel Kahneman, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, Nobel Prize in Economics winner and author of “Thinking Fast and Slow” and “Noise A Flaw in Human Judgement”
Robyn Scott, writer, entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Apolitical, a peer to peer learning platform for public servants designed to make government smarter and more effective.
Producers: Imogen Walford and Joe Kent
Editor: Emma Rippon
Think with Pinker is produced in partnership with The Open University.
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- Thu 13 Jan 202216:00BBC Radio 4
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Think with Pinker
Professor Steven Pinker's guide to thinking better.
