Episode 108

There has never been a time when we have had so much information available to us. Amidst a global pandemic there can be a sense of urgency to keep up to date with what is happening right now. But how do you separate the important information from the noise? In a world where everything is changing everyday, how do you stay sane? Every day brings new predictions of the death rate, how many people will get the virus and when it will all be over. Despite this, no-one knows what the future will really bring.In this episode Carter and Mo discuss a book that talks about how to mange information, the problem with clickbait and why experts should not always be listened to. •How Carter has progressed from freaking out to feeling good about things (00:48)•The advantage of having low overheads (02:14)•Carter’s new pull-up bar (04:36)•Reaching out to people (05:35)•When we’re getting so much information about things, how do you separate the important stuff from everything else (07:45)•Looking at history to figure out what might happen in the future (08:34)•The two types of experts (10:44)•The media focus on clickbait and bad news (13:00)•Considering the death toll of the Spanish flu and finding perspective (14:55)•It’s important to think about what will happen after all this (18:21)•The problem with experts (21:41)Contagionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagion_(2011_film)The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail but Some Don't by Nate Silverhttps://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Many-Predictions-Fail-but/dp/0143125087Adventures in the Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting by William Goldman https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Screen-Trade-Hollywood-Screenwriting/dp/0446391174/Spanish Fluhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu