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A guide to making the really big decisions in life
Algorithms and apps analyze data and tell you how to beat the traffic what books to buy what music to listen to and even who to dateoften with great results But what do you do when you face the big decisions of lifethe wild problems of who to marry whether to have children where to move how to forge a life welllivedthat cant be solved by measurement or calculation
In WILD PROBLEMS beloved host of the hugely popular podcast EconTalk Russ Roberts offers puzzled rationalists a way to address these wild problems He suggests spending less time and energy on the path that promises the most happiness and more time on figuring out who you actually want to be He draws on the experience of great artists writers and scientists of the past who found creative ways to navigate lifes biggest questions And he lays out strategies for reducing the fear and the loss of control that inevitably come when a wild problem requires a leap in the dark
Ultimately Roberts asks us to see ourselves and our lives less as a problem to be solved than a mystery to be experienced Theres no right decision waiting to be uncovered by an app or rational analysis Reality is harder than that and perhaps a little more interesting
P 2022 Penguin Audio
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