Why are we so gullible?, with Brian Dunning
People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
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We Can Influence the World With Our Thoughts
The internet is an amplifier of us versus them polarization. It creates more of a demand for various forms of bad thinking. For example, it can make us more likely to be drawn to conspiracy theories and other types of paranoid thinking about the people on the quote other side. If you'd like to hear more about that idea, check out a past talk I had with researcher Emily Cuban about the impacts of social media on polarization.
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