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Brian Klaas - Fluke: How to Use Chance and Chaos to Your Advantage

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If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same? Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself? And would you remain blind to the radically different possible world you unknowingly left behind?

In our episode this week, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas dives deeply into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people’s neat and tidy storybook version of reality. The good news is, we can USE this understanding of randomness and chaos to our advantage, to see the world more clearly, and to focus on the things that matter.

Brian's book, Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters, is available now!

Learn more about Brian at brianpklaas.com.

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If you could rewind your life to the very beginning and then press play, would everything turn out the same? Or could making an accidental phone call or missing an exit off the highway change not just your life, but history itself? And would you remain blind to the radically different possible world you unknowingly left behind?

In our episode this week, myth-shattering social scientist Brian Klaas dives deeply into the phenomenon of random chance and the chaos it can sow, taking aim at most people’s neat and tidy storybook version of reality. The good news is, we can USE this understanding of randomness and chaos to our advantage, to see the world more clearly, and to focus on the things that matter.

Brian's book, Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters, is available now!

Learn more about Brian at brianpklaas.com.

Support the Show - Become a Patron!

Help us grow and become a Patron today: https://www.patreon.com/smartpeoplepodcast

Sponsors:

Rocket Money - Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/SMART

Babbel - Get 55% off your Babbel subscription at babbel.com/spp

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