We are joined by David Epstein, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller: Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, for a discussion on:
"Wicked" vs "Kind" learning environments, analogical problem solving, differentiating the "Chain of Communication" from the "Chain of Command", and the "bajillion dollar question".
Links to other media discussed in this episode:
David Epstein and Malcolm Gladwell discuss Generalized vs Specialized at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference
'Superforecasters' Are Making Eerily Accurate Predictions About COVID-19. Our Leaders Could Learn From Their Approach
Book Recommendations:
Expert Political Judgment (Philip E. Tetlock),
And its more popular treatment:
Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction (Dan Gardner and Philip E. Tetlock)
Educating Intuition (Robin M. Hogarth),
And its more popular treatment:
The Myth of Experience: Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them (Emre Soyer and Robin M. Hogarth)
EDO Book Club
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