Alex Hutchinson

If we're trying to define exploring, there are a few elements. I think the first and foremost one is the outcome of what you're choosing to do has to be uncertain. Maybe you could also argue there needs to be struggle and some other elements like that, but the uncertainty is really at the core of what we're talking about. Not knowing what's going to happen.

If we're trying to define exploring, there are a few elements. I think the first and foremost one is the outcome of what you're choosing to do has to be uncertain. Maybe you could also argue there needs to be struggle and some other elements like that, but the uncertainty is really at the core of what we're talking about. Not knowing what's going to happen.

It's not even just like, should I take the 50-50 bet or the 30-70 bet? It's like, I don't even know what the odds are. I don't know what's going to happen if I go in this direction. But the only way I'm going to find out is by taking the path to the right that I don't know where it leads. And you can argue...

It's not even just like, should I take the 50-50 bet or the 30-70 bet? It's like, I don't even know what the odds are. I don't know what's going to happen if I go in this direction. But the only way I'm going to find out is by taking the path to the right that I don't know where it leads. And you can argue...

It's not even just like, should I take the 50-50 bet or the 30-70 bet? It's like, I don't even know what the odds are. I don't know what's going to happen if I go in this direction. But the only way I'm going to find out is by taking the path to the right that I don't know where it leads. And you can argue...

in a number of different ways, including with neuroscience, that we're wired to pursue uncertainty, to like uncertainty. There's data sets on how people order food from Deliveroo, the food delivery company. The Harvard scientists analyzed 1.6 million orders to figure out how do we decide what we want. And one of the insights was that

in a number of different ways, including with neuroscience, that we're wired to pursue uncertainty, to like uncertainty. There's data sets on how people order food from Deliveroo, the food delivery company. The Harvard scientists analyzed 1.6 million orders to figure out how do we decide what we want. And one of the insights was that

in a number of different ways, including with neuroscience, that we're wired to pursue uncertainty, to like uncertainty. There's data sets on how people order food from Deliveroo, the food delivery company. The Harvard scientists analyzed 1.6 million orders to figure out how do we decide what we want. And one of the insights was that

All else being equal, if the ratings are equal, if the price is equal, we tend to have a bias toward things we know less about, both in the sense that if I've never tried this before, I want to try it. But also, we look at two restaurants, they're the same. One has 100 ratings and the other has 10 ratings.

All else being equal, if the ratings are equal, if the price is equal, we tend to have a bias toward things we know less about, both in the sense that if I've never tried this before, I want to try it. But also, we look at two restaurants, they're the same. One has 100 ratings and the other has 10 ratings.

All else being equal, if the ratings are equal, if the price is equal, we tend to have a bias toward things we know less about, both in the sense that if I've never tried this before, I want to try it. But also, we look at two restaurants, they're the same. One has 100 ratings and the other has 10 ratings.

Even if they both are four-star restaurants, it's like, I'll go for the one that's only been rated 10 times because I know less about it. Yeah. Uncertainty is attractive to us in an intrinsic way. And the key point is that it's not that we love not knowing stuff. It's that we love knowing stuff.

Even if they both are four-star restaurants, it's like, I'll go for the one that's only been rated 10 times because I know less about it. Yeah. Uncertainty is attractive to us in an intrinsic way. And the key point is that it's not that we love not knowing stuff. It's that we love knowing stuff.

Even if they both are four-star restaurants, it's like, I'll go for the one that's only been rated 10 times because I know less about it. Yeah. Uncertainty is attractive to us in an intrinsic way. And the key point is that it's not that we love not knowing stuff. It's that we love knowing stuff.

And by being attracted to uncertainty, it draws us to the best possible ways of learning about the world. Because if you stick with the stuff you know, you don't learn anything new.

And by being attracted to uncertainty, it draws us to the best possible ways of learning about the world. Because if you stick with the stuff you know, you don't learn anything new.

And by being attracted to uncertainty, it draws us to the best possible ways of learning about the world. Because if you stick with the stuff you know, you don't learn anything new.

Absolutely. And so in some of the papers, they call it the – I'm not even sure how to pronounce this. I'm going to go with the Wundt curve, although I think in Vienna, they would probably say the Wundt curve. There's a famous German psychologist, pioneering German psychologist in the 1800s named Wilhelm Wundt.

Absolutely. And so in some of the papers, they call it the – I'm not even sure how to pronounce this. I'm going to go with the Wundt curve, although I think in Vienna, they would probably say the Wundt curve. There's a famous German psychologist, pioneering German psychologist in the 1800s named Wilhelm Wundt.

Absolutely. And so in some of the papers, they call it the – I'm not even sure how to pronounce this. I'm going to go with the Wundt curve, although I think in Vienna, they would probably say the Wundt curve. There's a famous German psychologist, pioneering German psychologist in the 1800s named Wilhelm Wundt.