During the derick chavin trial, we all saw that video shop by the 13 year old girl that i hadn't seen before. Not just derick shoven with his knee on george floyd's neck, but four other officers standing there, just watching. What is going through their minds? What are they thinking? Whyt, why didn't one of em go over there and say, derrick, we have the situation under control. You can let up?"
In this dialogue, based on the new edition of his highly acclaimed bestseller (over 5 million copies sold in over 40 languages), Robert Cialdini — New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion — explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Shermer and Cialdini discuss: Cialdini’s Universal Principles of Influence and 7 Principles of Persuasion, pluralistic ignorance, free will/determinism, cults, conformity, #BLM, #metoo, antiracism, social justice, and human rights. How rational are humans? Do we default to truth and naturally believe what people tell us? Are we natural-born skeptics or natural-born sheep?