This chapter explores the significance of acknowledging progress in making positive changes in the world, while cautioning against biases that can hinder our perception of progress. It concludes with details on accessing additional podcast episodes and supporting the show.
In this episode we explore prevalence induced concept change. In a nutshell, when we set out to change the world by reducing examples of something we have deemed problematic, and we succeed, a host of psychological phenomena can mask our progress and make those problems seem intractable -- as if we are only treading water when, in fact, we’ve created the change we set out to make.
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