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S34 E3: "Useful Delusions: The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain" by Shankar Vedantam & Bill Mesler
The Next Big Idea Daily
The Power and Paradox of Self-Deception
Exploring the usefulness of self-deception on personal, group, and institutional levels, including the placebo effect and the concept of nations as delusions. The chapter concludes with the proposition of harnessing self-deception for important causes like fighting climate change.
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