The Variability of Shame

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The very rich and the very poor are most insulated from shame. But I think the very rich are exceptionally insulated because people. They have hush money to entice people back into their social sphere. And then, so here's another issue as you say, shame is calibrated to the norms of a particular community. What if the target of the shame is proud of what they've done? It's like a badge of honor rather than a market shame.

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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