rationality
21 episodes mention this concept
barryseconomicsDec 7, 2025The Psychology of Silencing Dissent: How "Class War" Accusations Suppress Discussions on Inequality
PsychologyEffect dismissalSystem justification theoryPsychological biasEmotional framing
psychacksAug 8, 2025The Magic Ring: Why Marriage Isn't the Answer to Relationship Problems
Relationshipsmagic ring beliefnegative reinforcementprocess addictionillusion of scarcity- psychacksApr 28, 2025
Bridging the Appreciation Gap: Incentivizing Loyalty and Preventing Infidelity in Relationships
RelationshipsAppreciation GapNegative Appreciation GapSexual ExclusivityMonogamy 
HealthyGamerGGMay 16, 2023How to Grow Without Losing Who You Are: Navigating Identity, Ideological Capture, and the Challenge of Changing Minds
PsychologyPersonal GrowthIdentity FormationIdeological CaptureAudience Capture
lexfridmanMar 30, 2023Eliezer Yudkowsky on the Existential Dangers of AI and the End of Human Civilization
TechnologySuperintelligent AGIAI AlignmentAI ConsciousnessQualia
NewEconomicThinkingFeb 15, 2023The Long-Term Impact of Technological Shocks and State Repression on Gender Equality and Civil Society in China
EconomicsGender inequalityDiscriminationProductivity differencesEconomic growth explanations- lexfridmanSep 4, 2022
John Vervaeke on the Meaning Crisis, Mortality, Consciousness, and the Search for Wisdom
PhilosophyMeaning in lifeMeaning of lifeMeaning crisisPerennial problems - psychacksJul 19, 2022
Epicurus's Philosophy of Happiness: Redefining Pleasure as the Absence of Pain and Fear
PhilosophyHedonismEpicureanism (misconception)Epicurean philosophy (actual)Absence of pain - NewEconomicThinkingApr 20, 2022
Disentangling Economic Thought: Orthodoxy, Mainstream, Heterodoxy, and the Rise of Complexity & Behavioral Economics
EconomicsOrthodox economicsMainstream economicsHeterodox economicsNeoclassical economics - NewEconomicThinkingFeb 16, 2022
Beyond Rationality: Deconstructing Behavioral Economics and Paternalism
EconomicsDecision-making failureMarket failureBehavioral biasesCognitive biases - HealthyGamerGGAug 7, 2021
How Suppressed Emotions Hijack Logical Thinking and Lead to Irrationality
PsychologyRationalityEmotionalityReciprocal inhibitionLimbic system - lexfridmanNov 13, 2020
Yaron Brook on Ayn Rand's Objectivism: The Primacy of Reason, Free Will, and Objective Reality
PhilosophyObjectivismReasonFree WillHuman Nature - HealthyGamerGGOct 11, 2020
Psychedelics, Personal Growth, and Global Consciousness: A Conversation with Rick Doblin
PsychologyPsychedelic-assisted therapyEgo dissolutionPreparation and integration (psychedelic therapy)Set and setting (psychedelic use) 
EconomicsExplainedJan 30, 2020The Economic Paradox of Disasters: Fear, GDP, and the Broken Window
EconomicsConfidence (economic)Stock market slumpInstitutional investorsShort selling- EconomicsExplainedOct 12, 2019
The Complex and Real-World Influenced Economy of Runescape
EconomicsMassively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs)Grand ExchangePlayer-to-player tradingTraditional academic economics - NewEconomicThinkingOct 2, 2019
In Defense of Economic Theory: Navigating the Empirical Revolution and Philosophical Engagement
EconomicsAbstract theorizingEmpirical workInterpretive frameworkHeterodox economics - NewEconomicThinkingSep 11, 2019
Is Economics a Science? A Critical Examination of Equilibrium and Rationality
EconomicsLaw of supply and demandEquilibrium (economic)Positive economicsNormative economics - lexfridmanOct 17, 2018
Steven Pinker on AI, Consciousness, and the Rationality of Human Progress
TechnologyMeaning of life (Pinker's definition)Human nature (seeking knowledge)Rationality and ReasonBiological neural networks - NewEconomicThinkingJun 13, 2018
Making Sense of Globalization in the 21st Century: Challenges and New Economic Frameworks
EconomicsGlobalization of knowledgeStandard model of developmentInequality (regional income imbalance, within society)Climate change (ice caps melt, ocean levels rise, food shortages) - psychacks
How Women Unintentionally Complicate Love: Simplifying the 'Love Funnel' for Deeper Connection
RelationshipsLove funnelSales funnel analogyStreamlined transaction processCustomer blame - psychacks
Embracing Irreducible Mysteries: The Limits of Intellect and the Path to a Richer Life
PsychologyIrreducible MysteryIntellectual ArroganceQuantum Uncertainty PrincipleParadox of Scale
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