{"id":725,"date":"2009-07-20T01:05:08","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T06:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=725"},"modified":"2011-09-15T21:12:51","modified_gmt":"2011-09-16T02:12:51","slug":"jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/jonah-lehrer-on-emotional-hijacking-and-how-we-decide\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonah Lehrer on Emotional Hijacking and &#8220;How We Decide&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on <strong>WGBH<\/strong> in Boston as well as on the WGBH Cape and Islands affiliate <strong>WCAI\/WNAN<\/strong>!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"195\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-727\" title=\"Jonah Lehrer (photo credit: Lori Duff)\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/lehrerjonah.gif\" alt=\"Jonah Lehrer\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jonahlehrer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonah Lehrer<\/a>, the precocious author of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/culture\/culturereviews\/magazine\/15-11\/st_lehrer\" target=\"_blank\">Proust Was a Neuroscientist<\/a>, has come out with a new book called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/22\/books\/review\/Johnson-t.html\" target=\"_blank\">How We Decide<\/a>. He spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/harvard.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Book Store<\/a>, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.<br \/>\nClick here <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/jonahtalk27;51.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen (28 minutes.)<\/p>\n<p>After his talk, ThoughtCast spoke with Lehrer briefly about the value of emotion in rational decision making, the power of wishful thinking to hijack our reason, and the potential to retrain the brain via the mind. According to Lehrer, we&#8217;d generally be better off sticking to our instincts, our initial reaction or impulse, rather than over-think things. Calm, cool deliberation, it turns out, doesn&#8217;t always lead to the best results. Jonah Lehrer is a Contributing Editor at Wired Magazine, and has written for The New Yorker, Nature, Seed, The Washington Post and The Boston Globe.<br \/>\nClick here <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/mike.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> to listen to this rather noisy interview (8:50 minutes.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2731\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-725-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3\">https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?powerpress_pinw=725-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/podcasts\/JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"JonahLehrerIntvw8;48.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: this interview was broadcast on WGBH in Boston as well as on the WGBH Cape and Islands affiliate WCAI\/WNAN! Jonah Lehrer, the precocious author of Proust Was a Neuroscientist, has come out with a new book called How We Decide. He spoke at the Harvard Book Store, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 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