16 Surprising Psychology Truths - Gurwinder Bhogal

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on. Expect to learn how bad things can sometimes feel better than good things, why people die on the hill of opinions they've only just begun believing, why intelligence plus ideology is a nightmare, how comedy can be a troll's last line of defence, the biggest lesson I learned from Joe Rogan, why regret minimisation should be a priority, why authoritarians lose sight of rationality and much more... Sponsors: Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Gurwinder's new MegaThread - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal/status/1545510413982474253 Adam Mastroianni's post - https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/underrated-ideas-in-psychology Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #mentalmodels #humannature - 00:00 Intro 01:20 Bespoke Bullshit 06:35 Ideology Makes Wise People Stupid 10:46 The Fading Affect Bias 16:58 Naval’s Razor 21:42 Poe’s Law 26:48 Chris’s Biggest Insight from Rogan 33:54 The Nova Effect & Modern Complacency 53:16 Apatheia 1:04:23 Regret Minimisation 1:12:36 Howard Hughes Syndrome 1:22:33 Deferred Happiness Syndrome 1:27:37 Does Beauty Cause Prejudices? 1:35:43 Alder’s Razor 1:45:56 Where to Find Gurwinder - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

Gurwinder BhogalguestChris Williamsonhost

Aug 22, 20221h 47mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: August 22, 2022
Duration: 1h 47m
Channel: Modern Wisdom
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favourite Twitter follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on. Expect to learn how bad things can sometimes feel better than good things, why people die on the hill of opinions they've only just begun believing, why intelligence plus ideology is a nightmare, how comedy can be a troll's last line of defence, the biggest lesson I learned from Joe Rogan, why regret minimisation should be a priority, why authoritarians lose sight of rationality and much more... Sponsors: Get over 37% discount on all products site-wide from MyProtein at https://bit.ly/proteinwisdom (use code: MODERNWISDOM) Get 20% discount & free shipping on your Lawnmower 4.0 at https://www.manscaped.com/ (use code MODERNWISDOM) Get the Whoop 4.0 for free and get your first month for free at http://join.whoop.com/modernwisdom (discount automatically applied) Extra Stuff: Check out Gurwinder's Substack - https://gurwinder.substack.com/ Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Gurwinder's new MegaThread - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal/status/1545510413982474253 Adam Mastroianni's post - https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/underrated-ideas-in-psychology Get my free Reading List of 100 books to read before you die → https://chriswillx.com/books/ To support me on Patreon (thank you): https://www.patreon.com/modernwisdom #psychology #mentalmodels #humannature - 00:00 Intro 01:20 Bespoke Bullshit 06:35 Ideology Makes Wise People Stupid 10:46 The Fading Affect Bias 16:58 Naval’s Razor 21:42 Poe’s Law 26:48 Chris’s Biggest Insight from Rogan 33:54 The Nova Effect & Modern Complacency 53:16 Apatheia 1:04:23 Regret Minimisation 1:12:36 Howard Hughes Syndrome 1:22:33 Deferred Happiness Syndrome 1:27:37 Does Beauty Cause Prejudices? 1:35:43 Alder’s Razor 1:45:56 Where to Find Gurwinder - Get my free Reading List of 100 life-changing books here - https://chriswillx.com/books/ Listen to all episodes on audio: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2MNqIgw Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2LSimPn - Get in touch in the comments below or head to... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/

SPEAKERS

Gurwinder Bhogal
guest
Chris Williamson
host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Modern Wisdom, featuring Gurwinder Bhogal and Chris Williamson, 16 Surprising Psychology Truths - Gurwinder Bhogal explores how Hidden Cognitive Biases Quietly Distort Your Life And Choices Chris Williamson and Gurwinder Bhogal unpack a series of psychological concepts and biases that shape modern behavior, especially online: bespoke opinions, ideology, memory, procrastination, outrage and power.

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