Third Millennium Thinking by Saul Perlmutter & John Campbell & Robert MacCoun Summary
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Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter's guide to cutting through modern chaos with scientific thinking. Learn how deliberative polling is reshaping policy decisions worldwide. Can the tools that unraveled cosmic mysteries help solve our most divisive social problems? Berkeley's legendary "Big Ideas" course - now yours.
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When Our Greatest Tool Became Our Greatest Problem
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist walks into a room full of policymakers and asks a simple question: "How do we know what we know?" The silence that follows reveals something profound about our era. We've built a civilization on scientific knowledge-vaccines that save millions, technologies that connect billions, systems that feed the world-yet most of us have no idea how to evaluate the very expertise we depend on. This isn't just an intellectual puzzle. During the pandemic, this confusion killed people. When climate scientists issue warnings, this uncertainty paralyzes action. When doctors recommend treatments, this doubt breeds conspiracy theories. We're drowning in information while starving for wisdom, and the cost is mounting daily. Every meaningful choice we make involves a hidden tension between three forces: expertise, values, and autonomy. Consider a parent facing treatment options for their child's cancer. The oncologist provides survival statistics-that's expertise. But those numbers can't tell you whether avoiding brutal side effects matters more than maximizing survival odds by a few percentage points-that's values. And ultimately, you must live with the choice-that's autonomy. Get the balance wrong, and disaster follows. Overweight expertise, and you get the Challenger explosion, where NASA officials ignored engineers' warnings because they trusted their own confident (but wrong) calculations. Overweight autonomy, and you get people "doing their own research" on vaccines, making themselves vulnerable to charismatic conspiracy theorists. The sweet spot requires something counterintuitive: experts must persuade rather than command, explaining not just what they know but how they know it and what they don't know.
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The Radical Honesty of Uncertainty and the Perils of Pattern-Seeking
When Experts Fail and How to Choose Your Mistakes
The Optimism That Moves Mountains and the Wisdom of Crowds
Tools for Collective Thinking in an Unpredictable World
The Enlightenment We Actually Need
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Creado por exalumnos de la Universidad de Columbia en San Francisco
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
"Instead of endless scrolling, I just hit play on BeFreed. It saves me so much time."
"I never knew where to start with nonfiction—BeFreed’s book lists turned into podcasts gave me a clear path."
"Perfect balance between learning and entertainment. Finished ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’ on my commute this week."
"Crazy how much I learned while walking the dog. BeFreed = small habits → big gains."
"Reading used to feel like a chore. Now it’s just part of my lifestyle."
"Feels effortless compared to reading. I’ve finished 6 books this month already."
"BeFreed turned my guilty doomscrolling into something that feels productive and inspiring."
"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
"BeFreed replaced my podcast queue. Imagine Spotify for books — that’s it. 🙌"
"It is great for me to learn something from the book without reading it."
"The themed book list podcasts help me connect ideas across authors—like a guided audio journey."
"Makes me feel smarter every time before going to work"
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