Episode 5 - Jennifer Shahade and Olivier discuss the book Scarcity
Episode 5 is a conversation with Jennifer Shahade about the book Scarcity.
SHOW NOTES
3:55 - Start of conversation with Jennifer
6:52 - Explanation of Jennifer’s podcast “The Poker Grid”
8:37 - Discussion about artificial intelligence in chess
13:51- Blitz chess versus longer form tournaments
17:31 - Losing weight during chess and poker tournaments
18:22 - Olivier considered going on the show Survivor
22:29 - Who has better stories: poker players or chess players?
24:39 - U.S. Chess Women discussion
25:36 - Low participation of women and poker and chess
28:28 - Olivier playing chess tournaments against kids
32:10 - Beginning of discussion about Scarcity by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir
34:10 - The authors did a lot of the research discussed in the book themselves
35:34 - The empathy of the authors
36:11 - Connotations and use of the word “poor”
37:36 - Instead of judging poor people for making bad decisions that lead to poverty, one of the arguments of the book is that a lack of resources (money, time, companionship, etc) leads to bad decisions.
39:33 - Olivier playing with his own money leading to differences in perception and decision making
47:09 - Discussion of specific studies in the book
54:05 - Fluidity of intelligence
56:40 - Jennifer’s chess background
1:00:23 - Poker and tilt discussion
1:03:22 - The impacts of stress combined with lack of control
1:07:39 - Political implications about the context of poverty
1:08:49 - References to dieting and food in the book
1:15:25 - “The focus dividend” - heightened productivity under deadline pressure
1:25:20 - What the authors missed from the perspective of a woman
1:32:13 - Summarizing the book discussion
1:32:48 - The subjective nature of scarcity
1:37:01 - Social media discussion
1:41:23 - Olivier and Charlie on connecting with the podcast audience
Links
Twitter: @JenShahade
Website: https://jennifershahade.com/
