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#226: How to Not Be Evil - Dr. Phil Zimbardo

The Tim Ferriss Show

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The Power of Preaching the Good Samaritan

Research on diffusion responsibility simply says that when you see other people like you passing by someone in need, then they create a social norm of doing nothing. And so it's something that we have to guard against is that not allowing the social norm of other people being bad Samaritans to change your sense to be a good Samaritan. So for me, that's such an important message these days where everybody is in a hurry. We all feel time-pressed. Even worse, we don't even notice somebody's moaning in a corner because we're looking at our iPhones or iPad and holding a Starbucks in the other hand.

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