6min chapter

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Simulacra levels, moral mazes, and low-hanging fruit (with Zvi Mowshowitz)

Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

CHAPTER

The Constriction of Social Norms

This chapter explores how social norms and conditioning can inhibit people from taking action in life-threatening situations, such as the tragic consequences faced by South Korean co-pilots who were hesitant to question the pilot. The speakers also discuss a personal experience in a failing company where people remained silent due to social discomfort.

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