Four Movies about Economics That Help You Understand TöV
SPOILER ALERT!!! Introduction Most film reviews stop at plot and performance. But what if the real power of a movie isn’t its story… but its structure of thought? In this post, we explore how four economic dramas—A Beautiful Mind, Moneyball, The Big Short, and The Wolf of Wall Street—each reveal a different form of cognitive intelligence. When viewed through […]
Four Cognitive Science Books and the Virtues They Illustrate
Wisdom – Thinking, Fast and Slow (Daniel Kahneman, 2011) Thinking, Fast and Slow (external link) explores how our minds have two modes of thought: a quick, intuitive “System 1” and a slow, deliberative “System 2.” Kahneman shows that System 1 often leaps to conclusions via mental shortcuts, which can lead to cognitive biases, while System 2 […]