Dexa/All Else Equal

Published Nov 15, 2024

Ep51 Celebrating 50 Episodes: The Biggest All Else Equal Mistakes

Jonathan Berk and Jules van Binsbergen celebrate their podcast milestone by dissecting critical decision-making errors, highlighting the complexities of financial regulation, and challenging academic norms, all while stressing the importance of understanding trade-offs and avoiding oversimplifications in analytical thinking.

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- How can we enhance discipline?
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- Why does education need reinvention as discussed in the episode #408: Can We Have Different Beliefs and Still Be Friends? with William Reusch and the clip Embracing Curiosity?
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- How to think
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- Can capitalism be a force for good?
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- Can long-term thinking be incentivized?
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- Can education shape perspectives?
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- Is it normal to challenge and question ingrained thought structures, and what happens in the brain when this is done?
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- Why do people distrust institutions as discussed in the episode Dr. Jamil Zaki: How to Cultivate a Positive, Growth-Oriented Mindset and the clip Trust and Mistrust?
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- How has philosophy shaped thinking?
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- Could you explain more about how the concept of an autopsy without blame works in practice?
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- How does capitalism work?
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- How can incentives be aligned?
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- What is a good philosophy of teaching?
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- What has been discussed regarding honesty and having an open mind in the context of a good learning culture where one is primarily interested in learning from the future and not interested in finding someone to blame unless they have acted with intent in the episode #249: What Kids Really Need with Donovan Taylor Hall and the clip Embracing Growth Mindset?
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- Why does education need reinvention as discussed in the episode #408: Can We Have Different Beliefs and Still Be Friends? with William Reusch and the clip Patterns of Learning?
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