Risk, Evolution, and Humanity’s Winning Streak: Don Ross on The Gambling Animal
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Join David Gorin as he sits down with Don Ross to discuss The Gambling Animal, a compelling exploration of human behaviour and risk-taking. Discover the psychology behind gambling, its societal impacts, and why we’re wired to take chances. Tune in for an insightful conversation.
More about the book:
Evolution is a series of bets, and no animal gambles the way humans do. This has led us to unprecedented ecological dominance, via the steepest odds and unlikeliest of outcomes, but our winning streak cuts both ways: the secret to our success may yet be our downfall.
The Gambling Animal offers a revelatory retelling of the human story. Drawing on
their unique research into the risk psychology of humans and other animals - including our most impressive rivals, elephants - Don Ross and Glenn Harrison reveal the hidden logic of our rise.
Even before the dawn of civilisation, we bet the Earth on our ability to keep doubling down. But with an ecological crisis on the horizon, how long will our winning streak continue?
More about Don and David:
Don Ross is an experimental economist and philosopher of science, based at University College Cork in Ireland since 2016, the University of Cape Town in South Africa since 1997, and Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA since 2010. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and growing up mostly in Ontario, he earned his PhD at the University of Western Ontario in 1990. Since then he's published many academic articles and books on a range of topics and has done policy consulting for public and corporate clients, including the World Bank, the South African National Roads Agency, the US Department of Commerce, and the Government of Namibia. He currently lives in Cork, Ireland.
Dave Gorin is a former accountant, then an advertising strategist, and now a writer and observer of human nature, with a particular interest in history. As a book lover he has written over 200 reviews for a spectrum of South African publications.
#TheGamblingAnimal #DonRoss #DavidGorin #HumanBehavior #RiskTaking #Psychology #GamblingInsights #BookInterview #SouthAfrica #Elephants
More about the book:
Evolution is a series of bets, and no animal gambles the way humans do. This has led us to unprecedented ecological dominance, via the steepest odds and unlikeliest of outcomes, but our winning streak cuts both ways: the secret to our success may yet be our downfall.
The Gambling Animal offers a revelatory retelling of the human story. Drawing on
their unique research into the risk psychology of humans and other animals - including our most impressive rivals, elephants - Don Ross and Glenn Harrison reveal the hidden logic of our rise.
Even before the dawn of civilisation, we bet the Earth on our ability to keep doubling down. But with an ecological crisis on the horizon, how long will our winning streak continue?
More about Don and David:
Don Ross is an experimental economist and philosopher of science, based at University College Cork in Ireland since 2016, the University of Cape Town in South Africa since 1997, and Georgia State University in Atlanta, USA since 2010. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and growing up mostly in Ontario, he earned his PhD at the University of Western Ontario in 1990. Since then he's published many academic articles and books on a range of topics and has done policy consulting for public and corporate clients, including the World Bank, the South African National Roads Agency, the US Department of Commerce, and the Government of Namibia. He currently lives in Cork, Ireland.
Dave Gorin is a former accountant, then an advertising strategist, and now a writer and observer of human nature, with a particular interest in history. As a book lover he has written over 200 reviews for a spectrum of South African publications.
#TheGamblingAnimal #DonRoss #DavidGorin #HumanBehavior #RiskTaking #Psychology #GamblingInsights #BookInterview #SouthAfrica #Elephants
