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Radio 4,23 Dec 2021,29 mins

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Should we eat, drink and be merry or make sacrifices now to benefit our future selves? In his guide to thinking better, Professor Steven Pinker explores what's called 'future discounting' in decision making. He's joined by... Dr Maria Kournikova, psychologist, poker champion and author of 鈥楾he Biggest Bluff; How I learned to pay attention, master myself and win鈥 and Bina Venkataraman, an editor at The Boston Globe, former senior advisor in the Obama administration, and the author of 鈥楾he Optimists鈥 Telescope; Thinking ahead in a reckless age.鈥 Producers: Imogen Walford and Joe Kent Editor: Emma Rippon Think with Pinker is produced in partnership with The Open University.

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