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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 鈥淭hinking Fast and Slow鈥 and 鈥淣oise A Flaw in Human Judgement鈥
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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29 minutes

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Sun 16 Jan 2022 23:00

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