Duke University economist Timor koran has studied how our outward behavior sometimes does not reflect our inner preferences. The rupture between our inner thoughts and outward actions has profound consequences in our personal and professional lives and in our politics. Hitdenbray: I'm wondering if we can start with a very simple exam e of this phenomenon that you've studied for so many years. To more we all go over to friends and neighbors homes for for a dinner party or for a birthday party. What happens in the course of these conversations that reveal this idea, where our inner thoughts don't always manifest in our outward actions and behaviour?
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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