In 1990, a psychologist named Brian Wansink published a study where people ate soup from bowls that secretly refilled via a tube under the table. The subjects ate 73% more than those with normal…
David Epstein — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
David Epstein has appeared on 2 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including Modern Wisdom, Planet Money. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What David said
“Courage isn't defeated by fear, it's defeated by simulation.”
— David Epstein, interpreting Shakespeare's "conscience does make cowards of us all."
“Our preference for complete freedom in the abstract is often a mismatch with what actually gets the best work from us and makes us the most satisfied.”
— David Epstein
Episode appearances
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The Smartphone That Almost Happened in 1991 In the early 1990s, a Silicon Valley startup called General Magic set out to build something that didn't exist yet: a handheld device you could use to…
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