My guest today is Paul Slovic, a professor of psychology at the University of Oregon and the president of Decision Research. Decision Research is a collection of scientists from all over the nation and in other countries that study decision-making in times when risks are involved. He study the psychology of risk and decision making. Current interests are motivating action to prevent genocides and nuclear war.
The topic is his paper Perception of Risk.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
▪️ The psychometric paradigm of risk perception
▪️ Balancing risk vs. reward
▪️ The concept of affect heuristics
▪️ How the media sways the public’s risk assessment
▪️ Fast vs. slow thinking
▪️ Risk in the context of decision making
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