NonTrivial
NonTrivial is a podcast about the patterns that exist at the intersection of science, philosophy and complexity, and how these speak to universal principles related to skills, growth and life.
The longer you listen, the more you’ll internalize these universal principles and see how they inform your work, your ideas, and the way you shape the world around you.
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NonTrivial
When Thinking Makes You Dumber
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Thinking harder doesn’t always make you smarter. At some point, without new information, thought becomes rumination.
In this episode, I explain why action changes the probability distribution of your future, why overthinking is computation without new data, and why the best way to make better decisions is often to stop thinking and perturb the real world.
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