Twitter has fundamentally changed the psychological consequences of our actions. Gossip would only get you so far in a modern society 100 years ago, 50 years ago. The group is small enough that it could be cleared up if it wasn't. And there is, I feel like it's just a much better way to deal with things than gossip.
David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame. What's the difference between shame and guilt? Is shaming effective for generating social progress or getting tax cheats to pay up? Is twitter shaming on the rise or on its way out? And what does David do when he's alone in the dark?
But before all of that, David and Tamler introduce a new way to support the podcast--through our Patreon account (patreon.com/verybadwizards). Plus, we discuss the retraction of a press release announcing that a professor agreed to referee a journal article (!) And can one passage get Tamler, the eternal optimist, to hate philosophy?
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Special Guest: Jennifer Jacquet.
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