Curiosity Daily Podcast: What to Do When You Make the Wrong Decision (w/ Annie Duke)
First, Annie Duke will explain what to do when you make the wrong decision. Then you’ll learn why we may want to think about recycling our poop, and about misophonia, a true hatred for certain sounds.
November 18, 2020
Episode Show Notes:
Additional resources from decision strategist Annie Duke:
- Pick up "How to Decide: Simple Tools for Making Better Choices" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3kO1qvK
- Pick up "Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts" from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3mDbmZE
- Annie Duke's website: https://www.annieduke.com/
- Annie Duke on Twitter: https://twitter.com/annieduke
We recycle cardboard and aluminum, but not our poop by Cameron Duke
- Aria Bendix. (2019, October 14). Toilet evaporates water from poop without plumping or power - Business Insider. Business Insider; Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/evaporative-toilet-removes-water-from-poop-2019-10
- Grossman, D. (2019, November 4). Are We Reaching Peak Phosphorus? Maybe. Popular Mechanics; Popular Mechanics. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a29391215/phosphorus-shortage/
- Kluger, J. (2015, November 3). How Poop Can Be Worth $9.5 Billion. Time; Time. https://time.com/4098127/human-waste-energy-recycling/
- Mihelcic, J. R., Fry, L., & Shaw, R. (2011, March). Global Potential of Phosphorus Recovery from Human Urine and Feces. ResearchGate; Elsevier. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50830942_Global_Potential_of_Phosphorus_Recovery_from_Human_Urine_and_Feces
- The Heaviest Objects in the World. (2018, May 11). Msn.Com; The Heaviest Objects in the World. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/money/the-heaviest-objects-in-the-world/ar-AAx8KwU
- Tweed, K. (2009). Sewage Industry Fights Phosphorus Pollution. Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sewages-cash-crop/
Misophonia: a true hatred for certain sounds by Anna Todd
- Kumar, S., Tansley-Hancock, O., Sedley, W., Winston, J. S., Callaghan, M. F., Allen, M., Cope, T. E., Gander, P. E., Bamiou, D.-E., & Griffiths, T. D. (2017). The Brain Basis for Misophonia. Current Biology, 27(4), 527–533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.048
- Potgieter, I., MacDonald, C., Partridge, L., Cima, R., Sheldrake, J., & Hoare, D. J. (2019). Misophonia: A scoping review of research. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 75(7), 1203–1218. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22771
- Daniels, E. C., Rodriguez, A., & Zabelina, D. L. (2020). Severity of misophonia symptoms is associated with worse cognitive control when exposed to misophonia trigger sounds. PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0227118. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227118
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