The experience of being shamed on Twitter, I mean, I feel like I would die. It basically opens you up to have to be at the whim of the response of strangers in a way that makes me kind of uncomfortable. Even if it doesn't have material consequences, the very power of shaming is that it's such an adverse psychological response.
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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Special Guest: Jennifer Jacquet.
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