3min chapter

Speaking of Psychology cover image

The psychology of political messaging, with Drew Westen, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

CHAPTER

The Best Anicdote to Narcissism Is Empiricism

The best anicdote to narcisism, and especially male narcissism, is empiricism. You know, you can think you have the greatest ideas of how to talk about this thing, and then you test them, and you learn that, well, it that would beat the opposition. But there was another message that i didn't realize was going to do even better. So in the meantime, since the political rain came out 15 years ago, i've tested about a million messages with over a hundred thousand voters. And so this next book is going to have the benefit of not only the background in psychology and neuro science, but having actually tested these things in real politics with real

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode