Preference Falsification - The Speed of Change

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The system perpetuates itself by turning the victims into victimizers. And every one becomes complicit in tis system of oppression, which also creates a great deal of guilt in people. So some ways, people now are not just necessarily falling in line. In some ways, they're becoming enforces themselves. The speed of change can be explained in some ways by the extent of preference falsification.

We all self-censor at times. We keep quiet at dinner with our in-laws, or nod passively in a work meeting. But what happens when we take this deception a step further, and pretend we believe the opposite of what we really feel? In this favorite episode from 2020, economist and political scientist Timur Kuran explains how our personal, professional and political lives are shaped by the fear of what other people think.

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