Episode
#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
1:33:44
Published: Sat Oct 16 2021
Description
Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter 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 saying ridiculous things can be a test of loyalty, why people can be too stupid to know that they're stupid, why million-to-one odds happen 8 times a day in New York City, why The Bullshit Principle is actually a thing, why everyone is seeing racism everywhere and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Extra Stuff: Follow Gurwinder on Twitter - https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal Gurwinder's MegaThread 1: https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal/status/1225561131122597896 Gurwinder's MegaThread 2: https://twitter.com/G_S_Bhogal/status/1438972527838117895 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 - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://chriswillx.com/contact/
Chapters
This transcript snippet includes discussion about the host's fan community and product recommendation for Pure Sport's mushroom mind and body blend.
00:00 - 02:54 (02:54)
Summary
This transcript snippet includes discussion about the host's fan community and product recommendation for Pure Sport's mushroom mind and body blend.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
Social media can create a distorted perspective where extremism seems like the norm, leading to a false understanding of reality.
02:54 - 13:30 (10:35)
Summary
Social media can create a distorted perspective where extremism seems like the norm, leading to a false understanding of reality. This can be especially dangerous when only a small number of people are promoting extreme views.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
Blindly promoting employees based purely on their statistics rather than their skills can lead to failures and a misguided sense of success.
13:30 - 20:03 (06:32)
Summary
Blindly promoting employees based purely on their statistics rather than their skills can lead to failures and a misguided sense of success. This can also lead to confirmation bias and obsession with certain ideologies or beliefs.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
Brandolini's Law, which states that the amount of energy needed to refute a falsehood is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it, greatly affects social media as users can post at a faster rate without thinking through their statements.
20:03 - 24:54 (04:51)
Summary
Brandolini's Law, which states that the amount of energy needed to refute a falsehood is an order of magnitude larger than to produce it, greatly affects social media as users can post at a faster rate without thinking through their statements. However, the impact of the law can be reduced by carefully curating one's social media accounts and following accounts that think before they post.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The definition of racism has been expanded to include microaggressions and the idea of systemic racism.
24:54 - 32:58 (08:03)
Summary
The definition of racism has been expanded to include microaggressions and the idea of systemic racism. However, comparing the conditions of today's poor to medieval nobles shows how access to technology has improved standards of living.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The way social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are arranged has led to a primitive tribal mindset where people are more likely to revert to demonizing the other side than seeking truth or understanding.
32:58 - 45:35 (12:37)
Summary
The way social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook are arranged has led to a primitive tribal mindset where people are more likely to revert to demonizing the other side than seeking truth or understanding. The Black Lives Matter riots of last year and the approach some use to criticize the right exemplify this phenomenon.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
When measuring poverty, people may manipulate data to appear worse off in order to gain more help.
45:35 - 50:04 (04:29)
Summary
When measuring poverty, people may manipulate data to appear worse off in order to gain more help. Therefore, it's important to measure poverty in a way that prevents such manipulation and get genuinely interested audiences.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The way we perceive politicians is often based on symbolism rather than their actual policies.
50:04 - 54:18 (04:13)
Summary
The way we perceive politicians is often based on symbolism rather than their actual policies. People tend to express their sentiments towards a certain person rather than a particular ideology during election time.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
Attempting to censor people's beliefs only serves to entrench those beliefs further, as history has shown.
54:18 - 59:55 (05:37)
Summary
Attempting to censor people's beliefs only serves to entrench those beliefs further, as history has shown. Censorship is often targeted at conspiracy theorists and those who hold controversial beliefs, but if these beliefs weren't seen as dangerous or true, there would be no need to censor them.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
Conspiracy theories are anti-fragile, and attempting to conspire against them only makes them stronger.
59:55 - 1:05:23 (05:27)
Summary
Conspiracy theories are anti-fragile, and attempting to conspire against them only makes them stronger. Censorship and fact-checking organizations often overlook this, and inadvertently give more credibility to the conspiracy theories they are trying to debunk.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
With the emergence of Web 3, which requires knowledge of blockchains to use, current systems of regulating content may become ineffective.
1:05:23 - 1:14:04 (08:41)
Summary
With the emergence of Web 3, which requires knowledge of blockchains to use, current systems of regulating content may become ineffective. As the older generations continue to use Web 2, concerns arise about the potential for misinformation and censorship.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The danger of censorship in Web 3 is creating a reliance on others to determine what is true and what is not, which could ultimately lead to delusion.
1:14:04 - 1:22:48 (08:44)
Summary
The danger of censorship in Web 3 is creating a reliance on others to determine what is true and what is not, which could ultimately lead to delusion. The potential for a homogenous Web 3 is also concerning, as it could exacerbate existing divisions between groups with different cultural assumptions.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The focus on a single cause can lead individuals to become obsessed, leading to a self-reinforcing caricature of themselves that triggers a threat response in their brain, as discussed by the host and guest psychologist.
1:22:48 - 1:32:04 (09:15)
Summary
The focus on a single cause can lead individuals to become obsessed, leading to a self-reinforcing caricature of themselves that triggers a threat response in their brain, as discussed by the host and guest psychologist.
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
The podcast discusses mental models and how they can be used as a tool for decision-making and problem-solving.
1:32:04 - 1:33:43 (01:39)
Summary
The podcast discusses mental models and how they can be used as a tool for decision-making and problem-solving.