#102 Sendhil Mullainathan: The Chaos Inside Us

This episode of The Knowledge Project interviews Sendhil Mullainathan, focusing on creativity, filtering ideas, and developing mental models. The conversation explores Mullainathan's unique approach to idea generation and filtration, emphasizing the importance of granular feedback and a "biorhythm" of boldness and pragmatism. He also discusses the concept of opportunity cost, suggesting that it's crucial to identify hidden alternatives and consequences outside of one's initial decision frame. The interview concludes with reflections on building habits through rules rather than decisions, the importance of outcome over ego, and the potential of technology to enhance self-awareness and personal growth. A key takeaway is the suggestion to write emails to your future self to gain perspective and improve decision-making.