RELG 3600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jonathan Sacks, Wahhabism

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Class 7: March 12, 2018
Discussion
Wisdom: Being True to the Core
Understanding: Seeing patterns and opportunity
Knowledged: doing service with excellence
What is the problem that we are trying to solve?
Superforecasting:
o Open-minded, careful, curious, self-critical
o Focused, interactive, doubting, humility
o Use algorithms/technology: man plus machine
System 1 Decision Making: fast, unconscious, automatic, error prone, everyday
System 2 Decision Making: slow, conscious, effortful, complex, reliable
Fox vs. Hedgehog
o Foxes aggregate perspectives
o Stepping out of outside ourselves and getting a different view can be a struggle,
but Foxes are more likely to try.
Saudi Arabia 1A Presentation:
Reforming Education System: Vision 2030 economic goals, textbooks, etc.
Shia Entrepreneurship/Job Placements: diversifying employment beyond oil
Tourism App: religious sites, highlighting local entrepreneurs, restaurants, etc.
Strategy Logframe
Inputs → Outputs → Outcomes → Impact
o Realign the education system to align with 2030 values → eliminating negative
and prejudiced Wahhabist views from the education system → people are
educated in a more tolerant environment → reduced sectarian violence and
tension
Diagnose problem what are the
Make Global Covenant: Results Framework
Fill out logframes before presentation
Don’t say “the youth” or “the women” → be specific
Review session March 18th 2018
Sacks, Jonathan, Not in God’s Name, Chapters 10-11 (pp. 177-206)
Tetlock, Philip, Superforecasting Introduction; Chapters 2 & 3; Conclusion
Chapter 2
o A history of medical experimentation
o Most didn’t work but some did many were dangerous
o The idea of controlled experimental tests didn’t begin until after WWII
Andrew Cochrane
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