Does anyone really know what they’re doing? How do we reward the competent and not the confident? And what’s wrong with using TikTok for research?

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SOURCES:

Edith Chen, professor of psychology at Northwestern University.
Pauline Rose Clance, professor emerita of psychology at Georgia State University.
Kess Eruteya, founder of InclusionZ and fellow at the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
Obi Felten, founder and C.E.O. of Flourish Labs.
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Erika James, dean of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Steven Levitt, professor of economics at the University of Chicago, host of People I (Mostly) Admire, and co-author of the Freakonomics books.
Gregory Miller, professor of psychology at Northwestern University.
Michelle Obama, attorney, author, and former first lady of the United States.
Howard Schultz, former C.E.O. and chairman emeritus of Starbucks.
Basima Tewfik, professor of work and organization studies at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management.
Eric Weiner, professor of educational foundations at Montclair State University.

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