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Reflecting on why people tend to be entirely convinced they’re right—even when they’re not—author Julia Galef suggests that it has to do with a “soldier mindset.” When we approach the world with that mindset, we’re focused on defending what we already believe against what we see as threats. Galef believes that for much of life, a more helpful model is that of a scout—someone focused not primarily on eliminating threats but on seeking the complete truth: comprehending “what’s really there as honestly and accurately as you can, even if it’s not pretty or convenient or pleasant.” People with a scout mindset have the humility and integrity to continually grow in understanding as they learn new information. Galef’s insights bring to mind James’ encouragement that believers adopt a similar mindset—one where they’re “quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry” (1:19). Instead of being driven by kneejerk reactions to others, James urges believers to remember that human anger doesn’t lead to God’s righteousness (v. 20). Growth in wisdom is only possible through humble submission to His grace (v. 21; see Titus 2:11–14). When we remember that each moment of our lives is dependent on God’s grace—not on us—we can let go of a defensive need to always be right. And we can choose instead to rely on His grace as we seek His leading for how to live and care well for others (James 1:25–27).

Die Autorin Julia Galef geht der Frage nach, warum Menschen oft vehement darauf beharren, dass sie recht haben – auch wenn das nicht stimmt. Sie vermutet, dass es mit einer „Soldatenmentalität“ zu tun hat – wir konzentrieren uns darauf, das, woran wir bereits glauben, gegen das zu verteidigen, was wir als Bedrohung ansehen. Galef glaubt, dass die Denkweise eines „Kundschafters“ hilfreicher ist – jemand, der sich nicht auf die Beseitigung von Bedrohungen konzentriert, sondern auf die Suche nach der vollständigen Wahrheit: Ein Kundschafter „will das, was wirklich da ist, so ehrlich und genau wie möglich erfassen, auch wenn es weder schön noch bequem oder angenehm ist“. Menschen mit dieser Einstellung sind bescheiden genug, um ihr Verständnis ständig zu erweitern.

Elections board tosses problem signatures A Cortlandt Manor woman who hoped to force a primary vote against Assembly Member Dana Levenberg, a Democrat whose district includes Philipstown, fell short this week after the state Board of Elections threw out many of the signatures on her nominating petition. Sandy Galef, who held the seat in the Assembly for 30 years before retiring in 2022, and former Westchester County lawmaker Catherine Borgia filed a challenge with the state Board of Elections on April 5 to petitions submitted by Amanda Victoria Mintz, who had hoped to challenge the incumbent on June 25 for the Democratic ballot line. Levenberg is seeking a second, 2-year term. Galef and Borgia objected to 515 of the 655 signatures submitted by Victoria Mintz, who needed 500 to force a primary. Last week, joined by Levenberg, they filed a lawsuit in Westchester County Supreme Court, saying they wanted to preserve the right to challenge the petitions if the Board of Elections ruled in Victoria Mintz's favor. Attorney Robert Spolzino told Judge Charles Wood that the Board of Elections had scuttled the petitions by invalidating 150 signatories because they are not registered to vote or not enrolled as Democrats, and 23 because they live outside the 95th District. The board found another 49 signatures invalid because of changes that had not been initialed by the signatories and one case in which a voter witnessed their own signature, Spolzino told Wood in a letter on Tuesday (April 23). Spolzino said that statements this week by Victoria Mintz's attorney indicated she will not "oppose the relief requested in this proceeding." By Thursday (April 25), Victoria Mintz's campaign website identified her as a "former official Democratic Party candidate." On Monday, in letter to the court, Victoria Mintz said the BOE "recommended" at a hearing on Friday (April 26) that the petitions be invalidated at meeting this week, and that she was "conceding in advance." "I had assured my signees that their voices would be represented when they nobly signed to put me forth as their chosen representative and am embarrassed to report to them that they were invalidated because of this," Victoria Mintz wrote. On her website, Victoria Mintz says she is a "social entrepreneur" who co-founded a canned-beverage company called Siponey Spritz. She filed to run on March 27. A 2003 Carmel High School graduate, Victoria Mintz said she is "Latina, I have a Jewish family, and am disabled (bilaterally hearing-impaired), which is largely my motivation to represent the diverse voices and needs of our growing local population." She does not detail why she challenged Levenberg but, in an April 18 news release called the lawsuit a "disgraceful use of taxpayer dollars, donations and endorsements. We deserve a fair race." Levenberg is a former chief of staff for Galef. In 2022, she defeated Republican Stacy Halper in the general election with 59 percent of the vote. In the lawsuit, Levenberg, Galef and Borgia raised the same issues identified by the Board of Elections, as well as claiming some dates and signatures appeared to be altered, some people signed the petitions more than once and some addresses were "missing, incomplete or erroneous." Victoria Mintz, through an attorney, claimed that the state's requirement that petition signers include their town along with their municipality was unconstitutional under a federal ruling concerning the presidential campaign in 2000. The validity of signatures on nominating petitions can be serious business. A member of the Peekskill Common Council was accused this month of falsifying documents after the Westchester County Board of Elections threw out 217 of the 531 signatures he submitted on his nominating petition for a county Legislature seat. District Attorney Miriam Rocah told the Peekskill Herald that Rob Scott was charged with a felony count for allegedly filing petitions with forged signatures for the June 2023 Democratic ...

Today I sit down with the Co-Founder of Hilma, Lily Galef. Lily and 2 friends began Hilma when they realized there wasn't a clean, natural option for the medicine cabinets like there is for detergent, food, and clothes so they set out to create it. From the research and development and finding doctors to support their mission, to marketing and navigating running a business with friends, there is so much info in here about how to start a wellness company and Lily's personal story with these supplements. If you've been listening for a while you'd know that My Wellness Journey began in 2021 and Hilma has been part of it since pretty much the beginning so this was a pinch me moment. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a rating and review, screenshot and share on stories as you're listening and tag us so we can repost! Let's Connect! Hilma Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠|⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Hilma Tik Tok | Shop Hilma ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠My Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Tik Tok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Whealth with Meg on LGC Finding Your Why/Bigger Picture Solo Ep ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Let's Get Candid Podcast Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kayla Moran Law⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Geneva⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kayla Morán Blog⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Konecta Social ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠| ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Work With Konecta Social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pinterest⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/kaylaaamorann/support

Ever found yourself scrutinizing the unpronounceable labels in your medicine cabinet, thinking that there must be a natural alternative? You strive for holistic solutions in every corner of your home, so why should your medicine cabinet be any different? You're not alone. In fact, this exact conundrum birthed Hilma (a staple I never leave home without!). Today, I have the privilege to chat with Lily Galef, one of the trailblazing co-founders and Chief Brand Officer of Hilma, a company that creates natural alternatives to over-the-counter products.With her roots in strategic brand marketing from iconic brands like Vogue and Refinery29, Lily has passionately led Hilma on a mission to truly embody "all natural." Dive deep with us into Hilma's world, from meeting up in pharmacy aisles with co-founders Nina and Hillary, meticulously reading ingredient lists to proudly showcasing a commitment to research so rigorous, it's resulted in a 94% relief rate for their heartburn and digestion relief product alone. We dive deep into when and why we should opt for natural ingredients versus over-the-counter medications, what types of ingredients to look out for in our supplements and what ingredients are in the ‘no list' and what all-natural actually means. So if you've got a medicine cabinet full of over-the-counter bottles or simply looking to learn a little bit more about what natural remedies actually are, you won't want to miss this insightful conversation.Head to the Show Notes: https://mindin-my-wellness.captivate.fm/episode13Get 20% off your Hilma order by using my discount code, danimacros20 at checkoutRegister for my FREE Training, 3 Steps to Transform Your Body with Macros: https://mindin-my-wellness.captivate.fm/trainingSign up for The Macro Body Method: https://mindin-my-wellness.captivate.fm/macromethodJoin my exclusive coaching program, The Macro Accelerator: https://mindin-my-wellness.captivate.fm/macroacceleratorLet's be Instagram friends: @mindinmymacrosPS. Are you loving the podcast? I'd appreciate it if you could leave a rating and review for my show! This helps me support more health-empowered women, like you, move toward transforming their health so they can look and FEEL their best, without sacrificing a life well-lived. Don't forget to FOLLOW the podcast so you don't miss out on any new episodes when they drop. Happy listening!Mentioned in this episode:Complete our Listener Survey: https://mindin-my-wellness.captivate.fm/listenersurvey. You have until the 18th of November 2023 to complete this survey for a chance to win a $100 Lululemon gift card and a FREE custom Macro Assessment with me.

How do you approach decisions or judgements that rest on the likelihood of something being true or the likelihood of something happening? Most of us find it difficult to take into account a critical factor known as the base rate.KEY TAKEAWAYSWhen it comes to making judgements and decisions, humans are hardwired to do a couple of things that are often - but not always - helpful.One thing that's true of all humans is that we love patterns. Our brain will try to match things we see and hear to patterns or templates that we've accepted as true. We see a person or hear a description of them (such as the fictional Tom who we describe in this episode) and we subconsciously form some assumptions about that person. Those subconscious assumptions can be exposed when we're asked to make a prediction about that person - and 'Presto', Tom becomes a librarian - or a tradesman.But when we're focused on a single individual or a particular situation, we're ignoring the broader population. Base rate neglect is that tendency to ignore the statistical likelihood of something being true. We also have a strong tendency to see ourselves as exceptional. For some reason we think that statistics don't apply to us. Sure, most registered actors don't find work - and those that do earn generally don't earn enough to make a living. But somehow we all think things will be different for us. This is base rate neglect.LINKSIf you haven't already got a copy, do yourself a favour and buy 'The Scout Mindset' by Julia Galef. Galef illustrates base rate neglect and a related thinking problem that we'll address next episode called 'optimism bias' really well in that book.Want to ponder false positives and false negatives a bit more. Check out https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability-false-negatives-positives.html (I can't guarantee that it will be fun, but it explains it pretty well!)Here's a nice little explanation of correlation vs causation if you want a refresher - https://www.understandinghealthresearch.org/useful-information/correlation-and-causation-15 And if you've never seen the spurious correlations website, it's hilarious: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations (surely it can't be purely coincidental that per capita cheese consumption correlates with the number of people who died by becoming tangled in their bedsheets?!!WHAT TO DO?How do we reduce the impact of base rate neglect on our judgements and decisions? Pause. Yes, pause. That's essential for mitigating the impacts of all biases. Quick thinking (often called system 1 thinking) is useful when you see a bear in the woods, but less useful when you're deciding whether to invest your hard-earned savings into your friends' new start-up. And while you're pausing, ask - 'What do the statistics have to teach me here? What is the likelihood that... (fill in the blank - e.g. '...Tom is a librarian?' / '...John and Louise's cafe will be successful?' / '...I will win the lottery?'). We can all be fortunate. We can all become above average at some things - perhaps even exceptional and highly successful. But statistics matter and at some point, the bell curve tolls for us all!If you've enjoyed this episode, please take two minutes to rate us on your podcast player and tell a friend about the show.IN OUR NEXT EPISODE...Next episode we'll be talking about optimism bias - one we're both rather susceptible to!For more episodes and information about decision making head over to our website: https://goodbetterright.com.au/podcast/Tessa Mudge and Ken Smith

Jan 31, 2022 - At the end of 2022, Assemblymember Sandy Galef, a Westchester County Democrat, will be retiring from elected office, as she will not seek re-election in the fall. The 30-year veteran of state government discusses pushing up against the status quo in the state Assembly, her aborted campaign for Westchester County Executive and why she's ready more new challenges.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Outline of Galef's Scout Mindset , published by Rob Bensinger on the LessWrong. Julia Galef's The Scout Mindset is superb. For effective altruists, I think (based on the topic and execution) it's straightforwardly the #1 book you should use when you want to recruit new people to EA. It doesn't actually talk much about EA, but I think starting people on this book will result in an EA that's thriving more and doing more good five years from now, compared to the future EA that would exist if the top go-to resource were more obvious choices like The Precipice, Doing Good Better, the EA Handbook, etc. For rationalists, I think the best intro resource is still HPMoR or R:AZ, but I think Scout Mindset is a great supplement to those, and probably a better starting point for people who prefer Julia's writing style over Eliezer's. I've made an outline of the book below, for my own reference and for others who have read it. If you don't mind spoilers, you can also use this to help decide whether the book's worth reading for you, though my summary skips a lot and doesn't do justice to Julia's arguments. Introduction Scout mindset is "the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were". We aren't perfect scouts, but we can improve. "My approach has three prongs": Realize that truth isn't in conflict with your other goals. People tend to overestimate how useful self-deception is for things like personal happiness and motivation, starting a company, being an activist, etc. Learn tools that make it easier to see clearly. Use various kinds of thought experiments and probabilistic reasoning, and rethink how you go about listening to the "other side" of an issue. Appreciate the emotional rewards of scout mindset. "It's empowering to be able to resist the temptation to self-deceive, and to know that you can face reality even when it's unpleasant. There's an equanimity that results from understanding risk and coming to terms with the odds you're facing. And there's a refreshing lightness in the feeling of being free to explore ideas and follow the evidence wherever it leads". Looking at lots of real-world examples of people who have exemplified scout mindset can make these positives more salient. PART I: The Case for Scout Mindset Chapter 1. Two Types of Thinking "Can I believe it?" vs. "must I believe it?" In directionally motivated reasoning, often shortened to "motivated reasoning", we disproportionately put our effort into finding evidence/reasons that support what we wish were true. Reasoning as defensive combat. Motivated reasoning, a.k.a. soldier mindset, "doesn't feel like motivated reasoning from the inside". But it's extremely common, as shown by how often we describe our reasoning in militaristic terms. "Is it true?" An alternative to (directionally) motivated reasoning is accuracy motivated reasoning, i.e., scout mindset. Your mindset can make or break your judgment. This stuff matters in real life, in almost every domain. Nobody is purely a scout or purely a soldier, but it's possible to become more scout-like. Chapter 2. What the Soldier is Protecting "[I]f scout mindset is so great, why isn't everyone already using it all the time?" Three emotional reasons: Comfort: avoiding unpleasant emotions. This even includes comforting pessimism: "there's no hope, so you might as well not worry about it." Self-esteem: feeling good about ourselves. Again, this can include ego-protecting negativity and avoiding "'getting my hopes up'". Morale: motivating ourselves to do hard things. And three social reasons: Persuasion: convincing ourselves so we can convince others. Image: choosing beliefs that make us look good. "Psychologists call it impression management, and evolutionary psychologists call it signaling: When considering a claim, we implicitly ask ourselves, 'What ...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: LessWrong is paying $500 for Book Reviews , published by Ruby on the AI Alignment Forum. Kudos to Kelsey Piper and Buck for this idea. See Buck's shortform post for another formulation. LessWrong is trialing a new pilot program: paying USD500 for high-quality book reviews that are of general interest to LessWrong readers, subject to our judgment and discretion. How it Works Pick a book that you want to review. [Optional] Contact LessWrong (Intercom in the bottom right or team@lesswrong.com) to check in on whether the book is on-topic (to reduce the probability of not getting the bounty). Write the review and post it on LessWrong. Contact LessWrong to let us know you're submitting your review for payment. Optionally, send us your book review before posting to get free feedback. (In fact, feel free to send us your draft at any stage for feedback.) If we like your book review and it's the kind of post we had in mind, we pay out the $500. The program will by default run for one month (until October 13). At the end of the month, a bonus $750 will be split evenly between the top three book reviews received, as judged by us. Desired Reviews Most non-fiction topics related to science, history, and rationality will merit payment if the book review is of sufficient quality. By “quality” I'm referring to both content and form. Do the inferences seem correct? Does the reviewer seem to be asking the right questions? Does the summary feel informative or lacking? Do I feel confused or enlightened? Is it riveting or a slog to get through? On the writing side, relevant aspects are sentence construction, word choice, pacing, structure, imagery, etc. I don't want to be too prescriptive about form since I expect that being of sufficiently high quality (nebulously defined) is enough to make for exceptions, but generally, I'm interested in book reviews that: Convinces the reader that the topic is interesting, usually by explaining how the topic is relevant to the user's life or other interests. Summarize the core claims and arguments in the book so that others can benefit without having to read it. Perform an epistemic review of the book–which, if any, of its claims seem correct? Book reviews that involve a degree of fact-checking/epistemic spot checking will be considered favorably. Describe what the reviewer has come to believe and why. (An extra great format is to compare and contrast two or more books on the same topic.) Examples of Desired and Undesired Book Reviews Since it's hard to give an explicit definition of “quality”, I'm going to fall back on examples and hope that these are better than nothing. Generally, the book reviews tag is a good guide to the kinds of book reviews that are popular on LessWrong and that we want to incentivize. Below I've listed specific book reviews that were either particularly great or kind of poor. Again, most of these came down to quality rather than topic. Positive Examples Book summary: Unlocking the Emotional Brain Book Review: Working With Contracts Notes on "The Anthropology of Childhood" Outline of Galef's "Scout Mindset" Book Review: Design Principles of Biological Circuits These book reviews all present engagingly on a topic of interest. They're not difficult to read, and having read them, I know something more about the world than I did before. Negative Examples I am reluctant to name and shame particular essays on LessWrong, and instead, direct people to view the book reviews tag sorted by karma and look at the lowest scoring posts (you'll have to click load more to get the entire list). Karma is a strong correlate of quality (whether or not the bounty is paid out is not strictly contingent on the karma it gets, but is influenced by it). Importantly, quality is not the automatic result of effort. Someone could expend a lot of effort writi...

For the majority of us, we've had positive experiences with the power of natural remedies, but in reality, we often find ourselves reaching for the regular over-the-counter products that we know, all grew up with.   As more companies and researchers explore the power of natural ingredients, there is a shift in how medicine is created and what we consider as medicinal ingredients. How can you, as a consumer, make better choices of cleaner pharmacy products and access medicine that is kinder, gentler and more effective on your body and gut?   In today's episode, I'm talking to Lily, one of the 3 cofounders of Hilma, a company focused on providing clean options for the medicine that sits on our countertops. Back by science and clinical studies Hilma has an array of medicinal products geared for your digestive and immune system!   During our powerful conversation, Lily speaks on she and her other cofounders brought their own differing specialties together to create a brand focused on natural ingredients and efficacy.   She also provides insight on how they used LinkedIn to recruit scientific professionals for their team, what makes Hilma stand out from the rest of the products out on the market (94% of people experience relief within 30 minutes),  and how she manages to maintain a calmer lifestyle despite running a company!   In this episode, we cover: Lily share show she and her 3 cofounders embarked on the journey to create Hilma. How did 3 friends navigate their own careers and make the leap to founding their own company? Hilma aims to be natural and effective. Lily explains how Hilma's products differ from other products on the market by focusing on having a strong scientific foundation Lily shares her favorite products from the brand and why they work. She shares the role clinical studies play in the company Hilma has a number of products currently ready for purchase. Lily discusses the company's approach to product development and launches  Lily shares her habits and routines that support her life and her top 3 favorite wellness and health products outside of Hilma Where to start and what to do if you'd like to launch your company   Shop Hilma:   Website: https://www.hilma.co/ or shop at your local Target    Grab 20% off on their website using code CASSIDYEATS20   Connect with Cassidy: cassidyeats.com  www.instagram.com/cassidyeats 

Now, if you're someone who is trying to live a cleaner, more natural lifestyle, but you get EASILY overwhelmed with where to even start, then today's podcast show is for you. We're chatting with the co-founder and chief brand officer of Hilma, Lily Galef.    Lily built her career as a creative brand marketer and strategist managing content and partnerships at Vogue, Vox, and Refinery29 before starting her company Hilma, a natural remedy and supplement company. At Hilma, she leads all brand, community, and content strategy initiatives.   And today we sat down and chatted with her about all things clean living and how she started Hilma. She tells the story of how she and her friends noticed a gap in the market of the supplement wellness industry. They noticed how every time they had a headache or went to take cold medicine, it was always filled with sugary unnatural ingredients that weren't the best for you, and so they decided to do something about it. Her story is SO inspiring for any entrepreneur wanting to create something they see that isn't being done in a specific market.    Or if you're just someone wanting to learn more about clean living and where to even get started with natural remedies and supplements to your everyday products you're ingesting and putting in and on your body, you HAVE to hear what Lily has to say. She gives practical steps on where to even start if you're wanting to dive into trying more clean products, she lists a BUNCH of ingredients and chemicals to beware of, and lists places she recommends shopping as well as specific brands she recommends trying out.    This episode is so great for any entrepreneur who wants to be encouraged and inspired to tackle a problem in the marketplace OR any guy or gal wanting to move away from toxic products and into natural, clean living.    Show notes: https://theheartuniversity.com/187-clean-living-tips-we-can-all-implement-into-our-lives-with-lily-galef   Kindred Bravely: https://www.kindredbravely.com Use code “HUSTLE20” for 20% off    Lightroom Challenge: www.theheartuniversity.com/challenge   Pricing Guide Freebie: www.theheartuniversity.com/guide-freebie   Follow along with Lily & Hilma:  www.hilma.co www.instagram.com/hilma_co www.instagram.com/lilygalef Use code HUSTLE20 for 20% off Hilma products (excluding subscriptions)   If you want to connect with us and other listeners in the Heart and Hustle community join our Facebook group here.   Follow along: www.instagram.com/mrslindseyroman www.instagram.com/evierupp www.instagram.com/theheartuniversity  

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-the-scout-mindset I. You tried Carol Dweck's Growth Mindset, but the replication crisis crushed your faith. You tried Mike Cernovich's Gorilla Mindset, but your neighbors all took out restraining orders against you. And yet, without a mindset, what separates you from the beasts? Just in time, Julia Galef brings us The Scout Mindset (subtitle: “Why Some People See Things Clearly And Others Don't). Galef admits she's a little behind the curve on this one. Books on rationality and overcoming cognitive biases were big ten years ago (Thinking Fast And Slow, Predictably Irrational, The Black Swan, etc). Nowadays “smiling TED-talk-circuit celebrity wants to help you improve your thinking!” is more likely to elicit groans than breathless anticipation. And that isn't the least accurate description of Julia (you can watch her TED talk here). But Galef earned her celebrity status honestly, through long years of hard labor in the rationality mines. Back in ~2007, a bunch of people interested in biases and decision-making joined the “rationalist community” centered around the group blogs Overcoming Bias and Less Wrong. Around 2012, they mostly left to do different stuff. Some of them went into AI to try to save the world. Others went into effective altruism to try to revolutionize charity. Some, like me, got distracted and wrote a few thousand blog posts on whatever shiny things happened to catch their eyes. But a few stuck around and tried to complete the original project. They founded a group called the Center For Applied Rationality (aka “CFAR”, yes, it's a pun) to try to figure out how to actually make people more rational in the real world.

When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. We have what Julia Galef calls a “soldier” mindset: a drive to defend the ideas we most want to believe — and shoot down those we don't. But if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a “scout” mindset. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. In The Scout Mindset, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think.

From working at Vogue, Vox and Refinery 29 to taking the leap to be her own boss, today I chat with Lily Galef about the journey that led her to entrepreneurialism, the power of community in building big things and disrupting a category.  Together with co-founders Nina, and Hilary she founded Hilma after realizing there wasn't a clean, natural option she could trust in her medicine cabinet in the same way she had for her food, cleaning products, and personal care. And the natural products that did exist, weren't backed by science. Together, the trio spent two years assembling a world-class team of scientists, developing natural products that actually work and today, you can find their line at Target!Learn more about Hilma here and stay in touch with them on Instagram @hilma_coAbout Lily:Lily Galef is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Hilma. Lily built her career as a creative brand marketer and strategist managing content and partnerships at Vogue, Vox, and Refinery29. At Hilma, she leads all brand, community, and content strategy initiatives.About the Host: Tiffany Paul is a mom, wife and entrepreneur, founder of The Slept Life and inventor of the Sleeper Scarf. She left her decade long corporate career in 2019 to go after her dream of being her own boss. This show is a peak inside her journey.Please stay in touch with us after the show on Instagram!@tiffanynicolepaul@dreamlifepodcast@thesleptlifeIf you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend or write an honest review! Sharing with friends and sharing your thoughts really helps a new show like ours get visibility. If you send a screenshot of your review via DM @dreamlifepodcast we'll send you a $10 credit towards my online sleep marketplace The Slept Life.

Sometimes (even though our Torah is a delightfully 70-faceted text, and our commentators are also delightfully diverse) I am running low on parsha email content. In these desperate moments, I have a very specific procedure. Step 1: Open the Apple podcasts app. Step 2: Wait to be inspired. I cannot explain it other than Divine will, but every time I do this, I end up listening to exactly the right podcast to get me on the right track for writing. That happened this week. I stumbled upon a podcast that featured social-science researcher Julia Galef speaking about the two frames with which we interpret information: scout mindset vs soldier mindset. Galef describes the solider mindset as approaching situations with the sole intent of defending one's own beliefs, shooting down any other conflicting information and seeing alternative approaches as the “enemy.” The soldier mindset tends to be based on emotions like defensiveness and tribalism. The scout mindset, alternately, is driven by the desire to find the truth — to see what is real, no matter who or where it comes from. The scout mindset is based in curiosity, with a love of learning and solving puzzles. Scouts are grounded in their self worth, not basing it on how right or wrong they are about any particular topic. If you can pick it up from the descriptors, we should all strive to be scouts. As Galef says in her own words, “[The Scout Mindset is] my term for the motivation to see things as they are and not as you wish they were, being or trying to be intellectually honest, objective, or fair minded, and curious about what's actually true.” That scout person is someone I'd like to be around! Now why in the world am I bringing up soldiers and scouts? Great question — in this week's parsha, we begin the book of Devarim, of Deuteronomy. Devarim takes place over the final 5 weeks of Moshe Rabbenu's life. He's recapping the events of the Torah from Avraham onward, with an important emphasis of a particularly eventful event that happened pretty recently in our narrative (but 38 years ago in the Torah timeline) — in parshat Shelach where we have the event of Chet HaMeraglim, the Sin of the Spies. As a recap, as B'nei Yisrael approaches the land of Israel, some leaders become nervous about this new home of theirs. They ask Moshe if they can send some spies in to scout out the land and confirm that it's an ארץ טובה - an Eretz Tova, a Good Land. In the first telling of the story, Moshe and G-d allow the spies to go into the land, but send them with specific instructions. One instruction sums up the rest - Moshe asks them to confirm if it's a good or a bad land - using the words טוב and רע / Tov and Ra (Good vs Bad). This word, “tov” for “good” is very powerful. To truly understand a biblical word, we can explore its other usages. Get Julia Galef's new book The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't here. Cont'd… For full text, email me at shirajkaplan@gmail.com or join my email list here. opening theme: reCreation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/shira-kaplan/support

Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"

What happens when three friends who are obsessed with all-things-natural think outside the box and push the boundaries of conventional over-the-counter medicine? The answer: A company dedicated to natural remedies that are clinically backed, supported by science, third-party tested, and doctor formulated. On today's episode, Natalie speaks with Hilma co-founder, Lily Galef, about developing a natural medicine cabinet filled with remedies that actually work. Natalie has been struggling with stomach issues most of her life and the first product she reaches for to provide relief is Hilma. The best news is the products are packed with powerful herbs you can actually pronounce. Lily and Natalie are tackling a few common myths in the wellness industry and sharing some powerful truths behind the medicine in your cabinet. The two also discuss what it is like to launch a business with two of your closest friends one month before a pandemic! Hilma can now be found in over 700 Target locations so perhaps it's time to give that natural remedy a fair shot.    Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast.   Follow Lily @lilygalef and Hilma @hilma_co. Visit their website at hilma.co.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From a career at Vogue and Refinery29, to co-founding her own wellness company with friends, Lily Galef (founder at Hilma) chats everything wellness, business and the business of wellness in this episode. TOPICS // How Hilma was created Ingredients to avoid in your OTCs The science behind Hilma products and how they are formulated using only ingredients with clinical research behind them. Running their own clinical studies with their products and its significance.  Creating natural remedies for headaches, immune support, digestive issues and seasonal allergies. Advice for anyone looking to launch a product Clean living tips to implement in our everyday lives NED CBD: www.helloned.com/Plantbased or enter Plantbased at checkout for 15% off your first one-time order or 20% off your first subscription order plus FREE shipping Prolon Fast: Use code “PLANTBASED” for 20% off your first order at prolonfast.com

Podcaster and author Julia Galef talks about her book The Scout Mindset with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Galef urges us to be more rational--to be open-minded about what we might discover about the world--rather than simply defend what we already believe, which she calls the soldier mindset. The conversation is a wide-ranging discussion of our biases and the challenges of viewing the world objectively.

Julia Galef: "An important part of self-awareness is paying attention to your track record. How do you actually behave?” Galef, a rationality expert and author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why you think you're right all the time, plus: *How to actually overcome your own bias* *Why you shouldn't let your passion become your identity* *How to become more intellectually honest* *How to be influential without being overconfident* *How to become comfortable with failure & why you should* Referenced in the episode: - Galef's book, The Scout Mindset. - IFLScience Facebook group. - Research showing patients respond better when doctors imply uncertainty. - Twitter study showing exposure to opposing views increases polarization. - Galef's TED Talk on why you think you're right, even when you're wrong. - Galef's podcast, Rationally Speaking. Our bestselling gut health supplement is back in stock! Make sure to use the code PROBIOTICPOD at checkout to save 25% off your first month subscription. It's the only blend in the world with our unique combination of four strains to beat bloating, aid digestion, and reset your gut.* To learn more about the supplement Jason swears by, visit mindbodygreen.com/probioticpod. mbg Podcast listeners can also receive $20 off your first COVID-19 test by entering code MBG20 when visiting samedayhealth.com. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. *If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking medications, consult with your doctor before starting a supplement routine. It is always optimal to consult with a health care provider when considering what supplements are right for you.

today on read receipt, we take a look at what's next for the medicine cabinet -- with hilma's lily galef. two years ago, the idea for hilma was born in search of a safer, natural alternative to our outdated cabinet essentials. lily, who wields her stylish taste from a career with places like vogue, vox, and refinery29, made some realizations about her own medicine cabinet while tackling a common cold. hilma was released after two years of research, clinical studies, and a set of natural, science-backed remedies. today, they boast a beautifully crafted online marketplace, where users can find the antidotes to things like an upset stomach, tension, or even just a clean immunity boost. we sit down with lily on the show to hear how the ideas for hilma came to life, and what it takes to revamp the medicine cabinet -- in style. enjoy!

What does it mean to be well? Lily Galef contends that there is no uniform answer to this question. And with this in mind, she set out to disrupt the uniform approach to how we've typically considered our relationship with health and wellness in 2020. Enter Hilma—a natural remedies brand that is creating a new standard that's backed by science and fueled by the mission to create true medicine cabinet staples. As the co-founder and Chief Brand Officer of Hilma, Lily's lifelong love of art and reading, coupled with her past professional experiences at companies including Christie's and Vogue, have informed the identity and language used to communicate the efficacy of the brand's products. Though for Lily, storytelling remains at the core of all that she does. And it has been an especially critical tool in bolstering Hilma's community during a time of tragedy. But despite the uncertainty that lies ahead, Hilma has provided with us a powerful reminder that when it comes to health, there is nothing more important than the power of choice. And that process begins with learning from science, listening to your gut, and living with heart. In this interview, Lily shared more about her thoughts on the synergy between health and storytelling, the importance of making space for the emotional aspects of health, and what she's learned about embracing the power of choice in her own life. This episode also opens with a story contributed by Ope Omojola.

Lily Galef is the Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer of Hilma, a brand that recently launched that is reimagining our medicine cabinets with natural remedies, that are all backed by science. Think natural and homeopathic alternatives to Advil for example. Prior to starting Hilma, Lily built her career as a creative brand marketer and strategist managing content and partnerships at some really impressive companies like Vogue, Vox and Refinery29. At a certain point in her career, she felt she had to take a step back and really ask herself if the jobs she was going for were for the sake of having a "cool job" or if they were really fulfilling her deeper needs and goals and eventually got comfortable with the fact that having the glamorous job for the sake of having a glamorous job was not cutting it for her. She also had come across a major pain point which was that the health and wellness space was offering alternatives to every area of our life except for our medicine cabinets, which is arguably one of the most important areas we should be paying attention to. She and her co-founders took that insight and ran with it and after two years of research, assembling a world-class team of scientists, and kicking off three clinical studies, they were ready to launch Hilma not too long ago and have already gotten a ton of buzz in the wellness space. She walks us through how her past jobs have helped set her up for success in leading Hilma in all things brand strategy, the first steps she and her co-founders took to test to see if the concept of Hilma was viable, how they test for efficacy and why being grounded in science has been their biggest differentiator, how the over the counter aisles and supplement aisles are starting to overlap, why spending time alone opens you up to a lot of growth.

On this episode, I sat down with Ossining Board of Education candidate Graig Galef. He is running for re-election with Lisa Rudley and Frank Schecker. In this conversation, we covered:Why he's running for another term after 9 years on the boardThe details of the school budgetWhat it's like to be the child of a well-known local politicianShow NotesOpening and closing music: "Jaguar Ultra" by Jared "Royal Coke" Adams Featured music: Floating Cities by Kevin MacLeodGraig's campaign Facebook page

This episode my guests are Hilary Quartner, Nina Mullen and Lily Galef. Together, they co-founded Hilma – a company producing natural remedies backed by science. They wanted to know why though most products in their homes had changed over the last few years (so they could pronounce the ingredients, read about their sourcing and so on) when it came to the medicine cabinet things were still very much the same as ever - brightly coloured tablets, sugary syrups, and so on and opaque labels.They looked for the products they wanted, but found that the natural options weren’t backed by science. And the products backed by science didn’t hold up to their clean label standards.So they decided to take natural remedies into the lab. What they created was not a drug or a vitamin, but a new standard – which they call the Clinical Herbal.The conversation covered a lot of ground and I found it fascinating. Among other things we discussed:The gap between medicines and natural remedies that they are working to bridgeHow their idea became a realityHow they got backing from the scientific communityTheir approach to ingredients and sourcingWhat their clinical trials aim to showWhat “backed by science” means to themHow the industry suffers when people use such labels unethicallyTo look into what they are doing in more detail check out their website or their Instagram feed.

This episode my guests are Hilary Quartner, Nina Mullen and Lily Galef. Together, they co-founded Hilma – a company producing natural remedies backed by science. They wanted to know why though most products in their homes had changed over the last few years (so they could pronounce the ingredients, read about their sourcing and so on) when it came to the medicine cabinet things were still very much the same as ever - brightly coloured tablets, sugary syrups, and so on and opaque labels.They looked for the products they wanted, but found that the natural options weren't backed by science. And the products backed by science didn't hold up to their clean label standards.So they decided to take natural remedies into the lab. What they created was not a drug or a vitamin, but a new standard – which they call the Clinical Herbal.The conversation covered a lot of ground and I found it fascinating. Among other things we discussed:The gap between medicines and natural remedies that they are working to bridgeHow their idea became a realityHow they got backing from the scientific communityTheir approach to ingredients and sourcingWhat their clinical trials aim to showWhat “backed by science” means to themHow the industry suffers when people use such labels unethicallyTo look into what they are doing in more detail check out their website or their Instagram feed.

An expert on rationality, judgement, and strategy, Julia Galef notes that "our capacity for reason evolved to serve two very different purposes that are often at odds with each other. On the one hand, reason helps us figure out what’s true; on the other hand, it also helps us defend ideas that are false-but-strategically-useful. I’ll explore these two different modes of thought — I call them “the scout” and “the soldier” — and what determines which mode we default to. Finally, I’ll argue that modern humans would be better off with more scout mode and less soldier mode, and I’ll share some thoughts on how to make that happen.” Galef is founder of the Update Project and hosts the podcast Rationally Speaking.

Today our podcast connects with David Galef, author of novels such as How to Cope with Suburban Stress (The Permanent Press), short story collections including My Date with Neanderthal Woman (Dzanc Books), poetry collections such as Kanji Poems (Word Poetry), and most recently Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook (Columbia University Press). He is also a professor at Montclair State University, and writes the humor column "U of All People" for Inside Higher Ed. Producer: Jon-Barrett Ingels and Kevin Staniec Manager: Sarah Becker Host: Jon-Barrett Ingels Guest: David Galef

In the first “Friday Morning Coffee” episode of 2017, Gary Almeter talks with David Galef, author of Brevity: A Flash Fiction Handbook, about various flash fiction formats, pithy sentence structure, and the art of “leaving stuff out to emphasize what remains.”

Novels, poetry, short stories... if you can name it, David has probably written it. In this fantastic episode, we're talking about the power of brevity, compartmentalizing your life, & more.

Sometimes, it makes sense for critters across the animal kingdom to chow down on their own young. Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. Thanks also to our supporters on https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth : - Maarten Bremer - Jeff Straathof - Tony Fadell - Muhammad Shifaz - Mark Roth - Melissa Vigil - Valentin - Alberto Bortoni ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer: Rachel (@RA_Becks) Script Editor: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Video Illustrator: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert) Video Narrator: Emily Elert (@eelert) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder _________________________________________ Like our videos? Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ Also, say hello on: Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And find us on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some handy keywords to get your googling started: - Filial cannibalism: is a form of infanticide that occurs when an adult individual of a species consumes all or part of the young of its own species or immediate offspring. Species featured in this video: - Hamsters (Cricetinae family) - Assassin bug (Rhinocoris tristis) - Red Tailed Monkeys (Cercopithecus ascanius) - Long Tailed Skink (Eutropis longicaudata) - Egg-eating snake (Oligodon formosanus) - Sand goby (Pomatoschistus minutus) ___________________________________________ References: Special thanks to Professor Hope Klug, from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, for help with research on this video! Day, C. S., & Galef, B. G. (1977). Pup cannibalism: One aspect of maternal behavior in golden hamsters. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 91(5), 1179-1189. doi:10.1037/h0077386 Gilbert, W. M., Nolan, P. M., Stoehr, A. M., & Hill, G. E. (2005). Filial Cannibalism at a House Finch Nest. The Wilson Bulletin, 117(4), 413-415. doi:10.1676/04-003.1 Full text: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20060130?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Huang, W. (2008). Predation risk of whole-clutch filial cannibalism in a tropical skink with maternal care. Behavioral Ecology, 19(6), 1069-1074. Full text: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org/content/19/6/1069.full#ref-1 Klug, H., & Bonsall, M. (2007). When to Care for, Abandon, or Eat Your Offspring: The Evolution of Parental Care and Filial Cannibalism. The American Naturalist, 170(6), 886-901. doi:10.1086/522936 Abstract: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/522936#rf13 Klug, H., & Lindstrom, K. (2008). Hurry-up and hatch: Selective filial cannibalism of slower developing eggs. Biology Letters, 4(2), 160-162. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0589 Abstract: http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/4/2/160 Why do some fish eat their own eggs? - Phys.org. (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2016, from http://phys.org/news/2016-02-fish-eggs.html

Perspectiva é tudo, especialmente quando se trata de avaliarmos nossas crenças. Será que você é um soldado, disposto a defender seu ponto de vista a todo custo, ou um escoteiro, estimulado pela curiosidade? Julia Galef examina as motivações por trás dessas duas formas de pensar e o modo como elas moldam a maneira pela qual interpretamos informações novas, através de uma lição histórica convincente, que ocorreu na França do século 19. "Quando suas firmes opiniões são postas à prova", Galef diz, "qual é a coisa pela qual você mais anseia? Por defender suas próprias crenças, ou por ver o mundo da forma mais clara possível?"

Perspective is everything, especially when it comes to examining your beliefs. Are you a soldier, prone to defending your viewpoint at all costs -- or a scout, spurred by curiosity? Julia Galef examines the motivations behind these two mindsets and how they shape the way we interpret information, interweaved with a compelling history lesson from 19th-century France. When your steadfast opinions are tested, Galef asks: "What do you most yearn for? Do you yearn to defend your own beliefs or do you yearn to see the world as clearly as you possibly can?"

La perspectiva lo es todo, sobre todo cuando concierne a tus creencias. ¿Eres un soldado, dispuesto a defender tu punto de vista a toda costa? ¿O un explorador, movido por la curiosidad? Julia Galef examina las motivaciones que hay detrás de estas dos actitudes y cómo moldean la forma en la que interpretamos la información, todo mezclado con una lección de historia imponente de la Francia del s. XIX. Cuando pongas a prueba tus opiniones más firmes, Galef te pregunta: "¿Qué es lo que más deseas? ¿Deseas defender tus propias creencias o deseas ver el mundo lo más claramente posible?".

La perspective fait tout, en particulier quand il s’agit d’examiner vos convictions. Êtes-vous un soldat, prêt à défendre votre point de vue à tout prix, ou un éclaireur, poussé par la curiosité ? Julia Galef examine les motivations derrière ces deux états d’esprit, et leur manière de modeler notre façon d’interpréter l’information, en faisant le lien avec une irrésistible leçon d’histoire du XIXe siècle français. Quand vos plus profondes convictions sont mises à l’épreuve, Galef nous demande : « Qu’est-ce que vous désirez le plus ? Aspirez-vous à défendre vos propres croyances, ou souhaitez-vous voir le monde aussi clairement que vous le puissiez ? »

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Happy Birthday Annie Laurie! We hear the Scottish ballad "Annie Laurie," then listen to a 1980 interview of Annie Laurie Gaylor (who was 24) talking about the harm of religion to women. We also celebrate the birthday of Bad Religion's Greg Graffin by playing the punk-rock tune "God's Love." Then we talk with Jesse Galef, Communications Director of the Secular Student Alliance, about the difficulties (and victories) in forming new freethought clubs on high-school campuses. 

Update on funding for MS4. Yorktown contemplates removing highway superintendent position in favor of public works officer. Izzarelli vs. Galef, Katz vs. Gristina. Indian Point public hearing deemed "energetic." Astorino still at odds with county government.

Update on funding for MS4. Yorktown contemplates removing highway superintendent position in favor of public works officer. Izzarelli vs. Galef, Katz vs. Gristina. Indian Point public hearing deemed "energetic." Astorino still at odds with county government.

Did you know the least religious segment of the population is young, teens and twenty-somethings. This week we talk with Jesse Galef, Communications Director of the Secular Student Alliance about the growing number of young nonbelievers. We celebrate Mark Twain's birthday, Nov. 30.