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The Paradox of Intelligence and Self-Deception
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The same processes that make us intelligent problem-solvers, also make us prone to self-deceptive and self-destructive behaviors. It requires both intelligence and rationality to deal with the self-deception that emerges in problem-solving.

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Nassim Taleb explains how the same processes that make us intelligent problem solvers also make us prone to self-deceptive, self-destructive behavior, and how rationality and wisdom are necessary to deal with the self-deception that emerges.
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Artificial Intelligence
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Nassim Taleb explains how the same processes that make us intelligent problem solvers also make us prone to self-deceptive, self-destructive behavior, and how rationality and wisdom are necessary to deal with the self-deception that emerges.

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The Paradox of Intelligence and Self-Deception
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#657: Professor John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation
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The Tim Ferriss Show
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The Paradox of Intelligence and Self-Deception
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#657: Professor John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation
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The Tim Ferriss Show
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The Paradox of Intelligence and Self-Deception
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#657: Professor John Vervaeke — How to Build a Life of Wisdom, Flow, and Contemplation
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The Tim Ferriss Show