What podcasts say about Simone Stolzoff

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What Simone Stolzoff has said on podcasts

13 statements · 3 positive · 9 negative · 1 neutral

on Intolerance of uncertaintyNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Intolerance of uncertainty tends to produce obsessive information gathering or impulsive action.
“When people are particularly intolerant of uncertainty, they tend to exhibit one of two behaviors.”
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on Global uncertaintyNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
The world has become more uncertain by some measures.
“the world has gotten more uncertain by some measures”
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on Tolerance for uncertaintyNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
People’s tolerance for uncertainty is declining.
“our tolerance for uncertainty is in decline”
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on SmartphonesNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Phones increase awareness of uncertainty and precarity.
“there's this greater consciousness of all of the uncertainty or precarity out there”
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on SmartphonesNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Phones create expectations that answers should be immediately available.
“phones create the expectation that answers should be readily available”
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on Human brainsNeutralSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Human brains are biologically predisposed to seek certainty.
“our brains are wired to grasp for certainty”
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on Certainty about future eventsNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Certainty about future events is inherently impossible.
“for anything that hasn't happened yet, certainty, by definition, is a fallacy”
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on Discomfort with uncertaintyNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Discomfort with uncertainty is especially a problem under conditions of abundance.
“this problem of discomfort for uncertainty is a problem of abundance”
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on Political leadersPositiveSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
The best leaders should acknowledge what they do not know.
“the best leaders, in my mind, are leaders who also have the humility to admit what they don't know”
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on Hubristic thinkingNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Hubristic thinking can attach people to rigid views of the future.
“that hubristic thinking can also lead us to attaching ourselves to a very strict idea of the future”
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on Rigid 10-year business plansNegativeSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Rigid 10-year plans can cause businesses to miss changing conditions.
“if you're too fixed to a 10-year plan, you can miss out on the ways in which the world is changing around you”
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on Scientists admitting past errorsPositiveSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Scientists who admit past errors are perceived as more credible and trustworthy.
“By admitting your past errors, these scientists were perceived as more credible and more trustworthy than their peers.”
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on Good leadersPositiveSep 3, 2026· GD POLITICS
Good leaders should be willing to update their thinking with new information.
“a willingness to update your thinking. is incumbent on any sort of good leader”
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