#46 – Cristina Bicchieri on Social Norms and The Grammar Of Society
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In this episode, we talk to christina bicheri, who is the s j. Patterson harvey professor of social thought and comparative ethics at the university of pennsylvania. Christina works atth intersection of philosophy, game theory and psychology. We begin by talking about what exactly we mean by social norms and how they are different from similar concepts like conventions and altruism. Then move on to questions of how social norms evolve and why they persist - especially in situations where they are harmful. And then lastly, we talk about real world policy applications of social norms,. uding recent lessons from covert to climate change to improving high level decision making.
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