16 Surprising Psychology Truths - Gurwinder Bhogal - #516

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Gurwinder Bhogal. He's a programmer and a writer. Gurwinder is one of my favorite Twitter followers. He's written yet another mega thread, exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behavior and social media. It's one of the best things that I've read this year. So I just had to bring him back on to talk about it. Expect to learn how bad things can sometimes feel better than good things, why people die on the hill of opinions they've only just begun believing, why intelligence plus ideology is a nightmare, how comedy can be a troll's last line of defense, the biggest lesson I learned from Joe Rogan, why regret minimization should be a priority, why authoritarians lose sight of rationality and much more. I always enjoy speaking to Gurwinder, which might be apparent by the fact he's been on the show three times in the last year, but he's just super smart. I love talking about human nature and looking at the actions that we take from a third party bird's eye view. It's very, very cool. And there is tons to take away from today. Also, don't forget that you might be listening but not subscribed. And that means you're going to miss episodes when they get uploaded. So if you want to support the show and make me very happy at the same time, head to Spotify and press follow. It's right in the middle of the page. Or there's a little plus button in the top right hand corner on Apple podcasts. I thank you. In other news, this episode is brought to you by MyProtein. They are the number one sports supplement company on the planet. And they're offering you 37% or greater off everything sitewide. If you want to check out what I use and recommend from MyProtein, I use all of this stuff on an almost daily basis. You can go to bit.ly slash protein wisdom. That takes you to my super secret product page. 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