People Who Read People: A Behavior and Psychology Podcast
Science:Social Sciences
A talk with Bill Ottman, co-founder and CEO of the social media platform Minds, which is known for its minimal content moderation approach. Ottman and others (including Daryl Davis, a black man known for singlehandedly deradicalizing white supremacists) recently wrote a paper titled "The Censorship Effect," which examined how strict censorship/banning policies may actually increase antisocial, radicalized views. We talk about the psychology behind how increased censorship policies may increase grievances and anger, about Elon Musk buying Twitter and what it means, about the complexity of the problems we face, and about strategies they've used on the Minds platform.
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Restaurant manager Robin Dibble talks about psychological aspects of the biz
Two former congresspeople, a Democrat and a Republican, discuss toxic polarization
Aphantasia, internal monologue, and the challenges of describing thought, with Russell Hurlburt
How a bus driver predicts the behavior of drivers and passengers, with Brendan Bartholomew
To reduce polarization, is it optimal to work on systemic change or cultural change?, with David Foster
Do simplistic ideas of power (e.g., oppressed/oppressor framings) reduce empathy? with Elizaveta Friesem
What's life like when you don't believe in free will?, with physicist Daniel Whiteson
News media tends to deepen our divides. Does Isaac Saul have a solution?
The allure of deciphering behavior, with Rounders screenwriter Brian Koppelman
How a pro poker player makes use of poker tells, with Dara O'Kearney
Tips on interrogating people for information and confessions, with David Zulawski
Reading behavior and motivations in the Robbi Jade Lew poker hand, with Yakov Hirsch
Understanding Trump and his voters' animosity towards the media, with Yakov Hirsch
The exaggeration of antisemitism, and the importance of understanding the "other side," with Yakov Hirsch
Why do some people want to watch the world burn?, with Kevin Arceneaux
Reading "tells" in football, baseball, and other sports, with Jon Hoefling
Dealing with debilitating anxiety, with Scott Stossel
Electrodermal activity is what lie detectors measure, but what is it?, with Christopher Moyer
Dogs' and cats' interactions with humans, with Daniel Mills
On the art of listening and the challenges of being an introvert, with Joel Berman
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