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Steven B. Johnson

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Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Steven B. Johnson: Breakthrough innovators are defined by having many hobbies
“A lot of the people who really are able to have these big breakthrough ideas, One of their defining characteristics is that they have a lot of hobbies.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:43 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Johnson: Famous political experts predict the future worse than random chance
“All the experts are like worse than a dart throwing chimp at predicting the future. And the more famous you got, the worse you were at”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:40 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Steven B. Johnson: The most consequential decisions are slow decisions
“The decisions that really matter the most are slow decisions, are decisions that have a much longer both time span in terms of how much time you spend deliberating them, and then also the time span of their consequences.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:59 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Johnson: Framing choices as binary 'whether-or-not' options drives decision failure
“And folks have looked at one of the key predictors of a failed decision is it was a whether or not decision. There was just one alternative, like, should we do this or not?”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:06 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Johnson: Important ideas enter the mainstream from the margins of society
“So sometimes ideas that are important and that need to happen come into the mainstream from the margins.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:51 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Johnson: Computer simulations of complex personal emotional choices remain far off
“And that we don't have the luxury of simulating an alternate version of our lives. Cause we can't do that yet. We probably won't be able to do that for a long time, particularly the kind of emotional Complexity of choosing to marry someone or something like th…”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:15 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
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Steven Johnson: Interstellar messaging consequences are delayed by thousands of years
“What I just love about it is just because of the speed of light and the distance you have to travel to these planets, this is a decision that by definition can't have a consequence for at least, you know, 5000 to 50,000 years, depending on the planet you're ta…”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:45 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
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Steven Johnson: Extraterrestrial civilizations contacted by Earth will be more advanced
“By definition, they are going to be more advanced than we are, which is a whole complicated reason why that is, but they will be.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 25:13 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
Jan 2, 2019
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Johnson: Pros and cons lists remain the primary decision tool since 1837
“That technique of creating a pros and cons list, basically that was state of the art in 1837, 1838. And it's still kind of state of the art for most people. That's the one tool they have for making a complicated decision.”
Steven B. Johnson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:58 a16z Podcast | Seeing into the Future -- Making Decisions, Telling Stories
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