Covid-19 Crisis: Don’t Outsource Your Critical Thinking with Christian Hunt

<p>Christian Hunt is the founder of Human Risk, a Behavioral Science consulting and training firm specializing in risk, compliance, conduct & culture. Previously, Christian was the head of Behavioral Science at UBS and Chief Operating Officer of the Prudential Regulation Authority.  He is an expert on risk and how people perceive risk. </p> <p>We wanted to talk to Christian about how we perceive risk and whether or not our human biases are overblowing (or undervaluing) the current pandemic. We also chatted about a concept introduced to us by Deborah Small, a professor at Wharton, called distorted risk perception.</p> <p>And Christian reminded us of one of the most important things to do, now more than ever: the best way to stop spreading the fake news virus is by leveraging our System 2 thinking. Be critical. Be skeptical of the sources of the material you’re reading and hearing. In sum: don’t outsource your critical thinking.</p> <p>© 2020 Behavioral Grooves</p> Links <p>Connect with Kurt and Tim: </p> <p>Kurt Nelson, PhD: @WhatMotivates  e-mail: <a href='mailto:kurt@lanterngroup.com'>kurt@lanterngroup.com</a></p> <p>Tim Houlihan: @THoulihan  e-mail: <a href='mailto:tim@behavioralchemy.com'>tim@behavioralchemy.com</a></p> <p>Lantern Group: <a href='http://lanterngroup.com/'>http://lanterngroup.com/</a></p> <p>BehaviorAlchemy: <a href='https://www.behavioralchemy.com/'>https://www.behavioralchemy.com/</a></p> <p>Behavioral Grooves: <a href='https://behavioralgrooves.com/'>https://behavioralgrooves.com/</a></p> <p>Weekly Grooves: <a href='https://weeklygrooves.podbean.com/'>https://weeklygrooves.podbean.com/</a></p> <p>Common Biases & Heuristics: <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XHpBr0VFcaT8wIUpr-9zMIb79dFMgOVFRxIZRybiftI/edit'>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XHpBr0VFcaT8wIUpr-9zMIb79dFMgOVFRxIZRybiftI/edit#</a></p> <p> </p> <p>General Coronavirus Info: </p> <p>Daily Newsletter Summarizing data from Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security: <a href='http://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/newsroom/n