Liv Boeree: 3 lessons on decision-making from a poker champion
Liv Boeree: Tres lecciones sobre toma de decisiones de una campeona de póquer
Liv Boeree investigates how we make better decisions in an uncertain world. Full bio
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three things that the game has taught me
que el juego me ha enseñado
that I find apply to everyday life.
que se aplican a la vida cotidiana.
is about luck.
a game of skill and luck,
un juego de habilidad y suerte,
más importantes que nos preocupan,
to the biggest things we care about --
la calidad de nuestra toma de decisiones,
on the quality of our decision-making,
de los dados de la vida.
perfectly health-conscious
perfectamente conscientes de la salud
with something like cancer.
con algo como el cáncer.
and live to a ripe old age,
y vivir hasta la vejez madura,
can make it hard for us to know
puede dificultarnos saber
a veces nuestras estrategias,
experiencing a lot of success.
experimentando mucho éxito.
known as the European Poker Tour.
como el European Poker Tour.
full-time for about a year,
completo cerca de un año,
I must be rather brilliant.
debía ser bastante brillante.
with studying the game,
perezosa con el estudio del juego,
the biggest tournaments I could
los torneos más grandes que pude
from a thing of beauty
pasó de algo bello
a la baja por mucho tiempo,
downhill trend for a long time,
that I was overestimating my skill level,
estaba sobreestimando mi habilidad,
of what we've been seeing
lo que hemos estado viendo
at least in 2017,
al menos en 2017,
faster than the markets themselves
más rápido que los mercados mismos
investment specialists"
de inversión de alto nivel"
to have a strategic edge,
tener una ventaja estratégica,
it's very easy to feel like a genius
sentirse como un genio
que está subiendo tan rápido
that's going up so fast
generan ganancias.
are making a profit.
experimentando el éxito,
to really ask ourselves
para preguntarnos de verdad
the luck factor when we're winning.
les encanta minimizar
of quantifying my thinking.
cuantificar mi pensamiento.
no puedes salirte con la tuya,
you can't just get away with going,
se están marcando un farol".
a bunch of money,
un montón de dinero.
of probabilities and precision,
de probabilidades y precisión,
to think in numbers.
para pensar en números.
cada vez que me encuentro
really important, like,
realmente importante, como,
what I want to say in my TED Talk,"
quiero decir en mi charla TED"
with the planning process.
con el proceso de planificación.
that could possibly happen here today,
que pueda suceder aquí hoy,
as a probability, too.
como una probabilidad.
in numbers as well.
de hablar en números.
to come along to that thing tonight?"
con eso esta noche?",
"Sí, probablemente",
"Yeah, probably,"
a little odd --
por la palabra "probablemente",
the word "probably" to mean,
es absolutamente inútil
any real information.
cualquier información real.
using these vague words,
estas vagas palabras,
because when we speak in numbers,
porque cuando hablamos en números,
in the other person's brain.
el cerebro de la otra persona.
to touch on today is intuition.
mencionar hoy es la intuición.
these kinds of inspirational memes
este tipo de memes inspiradores
and never second-guess.]
y nunca cuestiones]
de póquer del mundo actualmente.
poker players in the world right now.
purely off feelings and intuitions?
puramente de sentimientos e intuiciones?
are about slow, careful analysis,
un análisis lento y cuidadoso,
has outgrown the days
ha superado los días
y la lectura de personas
and people-reading
aren't nearly as perfect
están lejos de ser tan perfectas.
whenever we're in a tough spot,
estuviéramos en un punto difícil,
from some magical source of inspiration.
fuente mágica de inspiración.
is extremely vulnerable
es extremadamente vulnerable
thinking and biases.
nuestro intestino?
for everyday things
para las cosas cotidianas
and lots of experience in,
cantidades de experiencia,
that our friend is mad at us
amigo está enojado con nosotros
le hayamos dicho algo,
into a tight parking spot.
de estacionamiento estrecho.
cosas realmente grandes,
trayectoria profesional
que nuestras intuiciones
than slow, proper analysis?
que un análisis lento y adecuado?
any data to be based off.
ningún dato en que basarse.
no debemos ignorar nuestras intuiciones,
while we shouldn't ignore our intuitions,
these three lessons today
estas tres lecciones de hoy
across a large sample size."
en un tamaño de muestra grande".
and so is a cost-benefit analysis.
un análisis de costo-beneficio.
damn well try and estimate it."
pero puedes intentar estimarlo".
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Liv Boeree - Science communicator, games specialistLiv Boeree investigates how we make better decisions in an uncertain world.
Why you should listen
Liv Boeree is a science communicator and games specialist. A former professional poker player, she has won multiple championship titles on the international poker circuit and was the #1 ranked female player in 2016. Previously, she studied astrophysics and became fascinated with applying scientific thinking to everyday life. This introduced her to effective altruism: a philosophical movement that uses evidence and reason to identify and mitigate the world's most pressing problems. In 2014, she co-founded Raising for Effective Giving, a non-profit that fundraises for the most globally impactful charities and research organizations.
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