Penn State Faculty Member Reviews Manuscript Focused on Workers in India

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I think Penn State they're smart. They know that this is ridiculous that you would put out a press release. So it's actually a stroke of genius. No one's bled no one's saying like this woman did something wrong. She really did get her. It's just completely miscalibrated and in a way that's just like takes all of the focus away from like now we can just lightly make fun of her.

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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