"Darwin's People" by Brian Moon

About this episode

The episode discusses naturalistic decision making with Brian Moon, focusing on its application in high-pressure situations.

Send us Fan Mail When decisions can’t wait for perfect data, you need methods that actually work in the real world. We sit down with Brian Moon to pull naturalistic decision making out of journals and into the field where cops, medics, operators, and executives make consequential calls under stress, time pressure, and uncertainty. The conversation opens with a clear critique: elegant lab studies often miss the work. From there, we rebuild on stronger ground; agency, process, and the lived pat...

People in this episode

Guest: Brian Moon

Topics covered

• naturalistic decision making
• real world applications
• stressful decision making
• agency
• process

Keywords

• decision making
• real world
• stress
• uncertainty
• agency

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