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The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life
Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler ISBN 9780197551950
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Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler ISBN 9780197551950
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This book by Robin Hanson and Kevin Simler has come up 2 times on Lex Fridman. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, guest. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
"This book exposes our unconscious selfish motives, those we're reluctant to discuss or even think about. These motives drive our body language, laughter, and conversation, as well as venerated institutions like art, school, charity, medicine, politics, and religion"--
“he is the co-author of a book titled the elephant in the brain hidden motives in everyday life”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Robin Hanson: An economist at George Mason University known for wide-ranging, contrarian thinking on aliens, the future, and human nature. Co-author of 'The Elephant in the Brain' and author of 'The Age of Em', and originator of the 'grabby aliens' cosmological model and idea futures / prediction markets. Economist Robin Hanson lays out his 'grabby aliens' model, why we're cosmically early, and how competition and hidden motives shape humanity's future.
“i have this book the elephant in the brain and one of the chapters is there on medicine”— guest
The guest here is Robin Hanson: An economist at George Mason University known for wide-ranging, contrarian thinking on aliens, the future, and human nature. Co-author of 'The Elephant in the Brain' and author of 'The Age of Em', and originator of the 'grabby aliens' cosmological model and idea futures / prediction markets. Economist Robin Hanson lays out his 'grabby aliens' model, why we're cosmically early, and how competition and hidden motives shape humanity's future.
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