David Epstein
8 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 15, 2026 by David Epstein · across every show →
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May 15, 2026 positive
Writing down predictions beforehand prevents hindsight bias and improves forecasting ability
“And one of the most important habits of people who improved at forecasting was just recording their predictions in the first place. Because otherwise we have this bias where we say like, well, I basically got that right. Or we sort of tweaked the story. So wri…”
May 15, 2026 positive
Elite athletes spend less early time in deliberate practice than lower-level peers
“The data that actually track, yes, elite athletes spend more time in deliberate practice than lower level athletes, but the studies that track them over the course of their development show that early on they spent less time In deliberate practice in that acti…”
May 15, 2026 positive
Epstein: Founders trained in the scientific method pivot more and succeed more
“And some of them were randomized to get trained in, in a scientific method version of this, where they make a hypothesis about what do they think is their value add. And then they have to commit to a way to go test it. And some decision rule, you know, ah, the…”
May 15, 2026
Tony Fadell inspired David Epstein's strict one-page outline method for his book
“I had been so bad with my previous books at putting useful boundaries in place. That I wrote a 150% the length of a book and then had to cut back to get a book. This time around, partly at the suggestion of Tony Fidel, who's a character in the book and was the…”
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May 15, 2026 positive
Study of 30,000 careers shows youth success negatively correlates with adult success
“There was just a paper in science, you know, one of the probably two most prestigious scientific journals in the world. It aggregated about 30,000 careers of musicians, scientists, athletes, And what it found was basically the thesis of range that the indicato…”
May 15, 2026 neutral
Epstein: General Magic Was Silicon Valley's First Concept IPO
“They had real-time footage of this company that was the first so-called concept IPO in Silicon Valley history, where Goldman Sachs took them public with an idea, not a product, and they were basically making the iPhone, you know, 20 years too early, and resour…”