They are scared of changes in the society. And they cannot speak out because we as a society have outlawed racism, sexism and anti-minority bigotry. So they cling to whatever crackpot theories they can believe in. When you talk to them long enough, you know that they are deliberately living in a make-believe society. They'd lynch Jesus if he were to be here today. ☺️
@@danishbiochem Progressive firms know the economic value of diversity so have policies that punish discriminatory, insensitive, or sexist behavior. However, Trump encouraged that behavior and it's not really outlawed except in some cities and states so these idiots definitely speak out as seen on social media, Fox News, and in person.
@@danishbiochem You’re right. They fail to grasp an increasingly complex, diverse and modern world that’s left their archaic views behind. One can’t teach a old dog new tricks. Also, the electoral college gives these people far too much power. No farmer should get to decide the fate of a black person or any minority for that matter. They don’t know enough about the world and in many cases they don’t know anything. The majority of Americans are desperate to move into the 21st century, but we’re held back by people who’ve never been on a plane or spoken to someone who doesn’t look like them. The electoral college is just propagating the idiocy of the masses at this point. Our founding fathers never envisioned the plague of anti-intellectualism that would sweep across the nation.
@@danishbiochem yes they will crucify Christ. They are the antichrist.Taking a ride to church on Sundays doesn't make them Christians. A good tax deduction groups.
@@JustinLHopkins our finding fathers were discriminate against black people and women. In my book they were immoral and close minded. The goodness was for themselves, I don't care what anybody says and how the sugar coat the history. The white immigrants did not have better life, lots of them died to make working better for others. We still work for the fucking Bezos, and what the others names are. Just right now how many people are without income and we have a handful bustards not signing to give aid to all these people who suffer, 600 $ is to much in their eyes for the every person but is O K spending millions for Trump playing golf or that little witch coming out and telling us lies, I just don't know how to spell her name, I know she makes 183000 $.. I am not politically knowledgeable but I can do a better job than these buffoons.
For the first time, I feel like I’m getting an explanation for how my family and friends, who are good, intelligent, religious people, could support a president like Trump. Maintaining these relationships for the last 8 years has been difficult. Probably longer than 8 years. The conspiracies and “alternate facts” started when Obama was running for office. You’ve given me some things to think about.
face it: You just disagree. One thing I've noticed: conservatives are much more informed, do more research and have better, more honorable sources. libs tend to pull their news exclusively from television, usually the same stations day after day. So everything conservatives say sounds strange because the msm gives very limited information. So it cant hurt to actually enter into a convo and open yourself up to learn. Now, granted you dont have to accept everything said. But look at the alternative: You are probably taking the mainstream media at their word, even though you have no idea if they are giving honest news. (And often they have been shown to lie, misinform, and are totally biased.) So you dismiss your own peeps ...in favor of the mainstream media . Does that sound...fair to you? .Or smart? Ask questions. Ask them; Why did you come to that conclusion? Or Where can i get good information on this subject? Who's a good source of i(legal, medical, cultural) information?
One more thing - what i have learned about BO over the years was distasteful to me and since blacks love him so much I knew I had to be careful not to give people heart attacks with the truth. But then, he kept popping up everywhere (doing his shadow president thing) and i had to 'allude' to my mother and others that something is not quite right with him.(Still being careful) Outside the bubble of the mainstream media there is a lot of information available . A lot is credible and verifiable. Your relatives and friends were probably reacting to freely flowing information about him and his history. Since a person cant bear false witness against another person I have to be careful about what i say about him , HRC.or anyone. But trust me, where there is smoke...there's fire.
Anyone who has had a spouse cheat on them or has a sister or brother or best friend who had that happen knows the truth of the claim of how hard it is to rebuild trust once it is gone. The damage 45 did to America will last longer than I do. It may in fact be a fatal blow.
@8:09 Germany is amazing. By contrast, I (in the US) called the police on my neighbors for a having a multi-household gathering and the police lectured ME about "invasion" of privacy, even though the behavior that I was reporting took place in a public street. This country is so messed up. People think that freedom means that all behaviors are equally good. Well, there is no law against cheating on your girlfriend. Does that make it "good"?? Americans find any curtailment to be a massive affront. This is because they don't know what real oppression is. This is not simply because they've never experienced it; it's because they don't bother to learn about any other times and/or places. All they know is what is directly in front of their eyes. So many people are incapable of seeing with their mind. trump, especially with this pandemic has really opened my eyes to how ugly vast swaths of American truly is.
thanks for watching- also see the chat in this channel with Renee Diresta about disinformation if that is of interest to you. I think we have a whole playlist on the topic :-)
I'm glad you have benefited; I still don't get it. So, humans are selfish to the point they harm themselves and can't see it so they just keep harming themselves with increasing levels of selfishness? Just makes no sense.
@@mrcurly1147 You know, that's something to think about. I've long had a curiosity about addiction so have "studied" about it a good bit. It seems to be something about stimulating the pleasure centers of the brain which in the case of politics and cults doesn't seem to be the case except maybe in a more highly complex route. Maybe I don't get all these explanations because I don't seem to be susceptible to addiction. I tried nicotine, alcohol and marijuana when I was young; I just didn't get it and still don't. Smoking was horribly uncomfortable and screamed "stop!" no matter how much I tried. Alcohol was totally distasteful no matter how I tried to acquire the taste and left me with horrendous migraine headaches. Marijuana I found to be just stupid. None of these experiences brought me any pleasure at all, just pain and discomfort. I did have a mild sense of addiction when I got off caffeine; it was quite a surprise to me. I had to wrestle with stopping a life long habit. So, serious addition must be true hell.
In spite of political considerations, I bet the best bottle of wine that things with COVID will change very few in the next years. COVID is not a political actor, citizens are. And citizens are who deny to be rational, no matter to whom they voted.
opened up the comments to say pretty much exactly the same thing. if nothing else he should be an adviser to biden. or a surrogate or something - telling stories from the bible - you can get the middle of the country on board.
@@josemata6318 People are sheep, though. They need someone to tell them how to behave. It's too late now, but under better leadership covid and what comes after would have gone much differently.
We know that seatbelts save lives...not all lives. Wearing a seatbelt is the law and when we’re not abiding we receive a citation and have to pay restitution even though we live in a free country. This does not take our freedom from us. The law is for the greater good of the people who unite in making these laws by people we elect to manage our freedom. If we simply allow our freedom to rule our country there will be no order or integrity. The United States of America represents the concept “United we stand, divided we fall.” It’s a choice... Grow and learn and be a part of the solution... WEAR YOUR MASK and UNITED WE STAND AMERICA!
His analysis of truth in the hierarchy of values is excellent. Truth must be placed very very high in the value hierarchy at a societal scale. Critically important take. Fantastic discussion.
Zackly. I feel anger at those who break it but i feel satisfaction for protecting myself and others as well as pride in being a good rolemodel. To me those who cannot cooperate to combat and overcome a common enemy - a frigging pandemy - have no understanding of science and lack a backbone and integrity are 'suckers' or the occupant's preferred term 'losers'.
TAKE HEART ! Keep yourself safe and continue following the rules. If the Democrats get control of the Senate as well as the House and the Presidency then the whole thing will change into its opposite. WE will be in charge THEN ! I bet you won't be able to find a Republiconn in a million miles of this place !
Sociology 101 - you aren't actually losing anything. It's called relative deprivation - you only feel deprived relative to someone else's gain. In his example, let's say only half the people put into the pot - you still get $25 ($15 more than $10!), while the other half gets $35 {$25 more than $10). Don't look at your loss relative to someone else, focus on your gain - but at the same time, don't accept epithets like "do nothing" or "lazy" or "a drain on society" when actually, they are, through shelters, loopholes, stinginess, graft, and greed. I don't know about you, but it's not worth $10 a day to be that kind of person. I also gain the support and comraderie of my fellow generous and level-headed pot people. That's priceless.
It's odd but when this thing started wearing a mask was almost suffocating. The way I got past that is to become an expert, to become good, at this new way of living. I try to make it a point to pick up a new face covering when I go out and pair the mask with what I'm wearing. I get compliments all the time on my masks, it's actually fun. Don't get me wrong I can't wait for it to end but it's not insufferable. Also I have a small child at home and work in a field with a high potential for exposure so I don't have a choice.
Hi! I just subscribed. The interviews I’ve watched on this channel are wonderful! I think it is great when the host allows the guest to speak uninterrupted and at length. Lovely.
We need much more than that. We need to prosecute and punish corrupt administration officials and judges and all their GOP enablers. That's true justice and healing. You don't earn a get out of jail card just because you were corrupt in power. The Trump crime family will still be a national security risk out of power. Who knows what secrets they'll sell? That's why it's crucial to seize their assets to repay all they've stolen from taxpayers and private citizens and imprison them and keep them incommunicado.
We need investigation and public prosecution, followed by punishment. It's sometimes called "behavior modification" and if we don't do it, we can expect even more of this shit. We must demonstrate to everyone, including ourselves, that we really and truly will not put up with people betraying our trust and abusing their power.
Just to be clear, I'm not assuming you're against prosecution and punishment but that isn't necessarily clear from your comment. We're not talking about people who didn't fully understand what they were doing. Nobody accidently siphons public money into their own pocket or persists in flagrantly violating the law long after being notified _you're breaking the law._ We have exactly the same laws as we had when they broke them. Either we tolerate massive lawlessness or we do not.
Been a follower of Dan Ariely's research for years. Always surprises me more people aren't interested in social science. Instead we're interested in "Shark Week".
Would I be willing to accept or tolerate a leader who would lie in order to combat global warming? The answer is yes and no. If the alternative is a candidate who doesn't believe that global warming is a problem, then I must choose the lesser of two evils. On the other hand, if the opposition does support fighting global warming, but in a truthful way, then they have my support. And this is the crux of the matter. The culture war between conservative and liberal ideology, the origin of today's identity politics, shifted from a cold to a hot conflict in 1968. In the 1960s the Republican Party devised the _Southern strategy,_ an appeal to conservative Southerners, traditionally Democrats, who opposed the Civil Rights movement and the dismantling of Jim Crow laws. During the 1968 National Conventions, ABC News broadcast a series of debates between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, which were extremely heated. The late 1960s and early 1970s pitted The Establishment against those who supported Civil Rights, Women's Liberation, and an end to the Vietnam War. To many Americans, the word _liberal_ became a pejorative. The Reagan administration's embracing of Fundamentalist Christians with Pat Robertson's Moral Majority, along with the breaking of the unions with the firing of 11000 air traffic controllers, shifted the Republican party much further to the right. Then came *Fox News.* By the 1990s, conservatives had lost the debate where the Culture War was concerned, but the propaganda machine was just beginning to kick into gear. The new focus of conservative enmity was the liberal elites in Hollywood, on university campuses, and in the boardrooms of corporate America. Conservative talk radio and Fox News decried political correctness, feminism, the atheist assault on religion, regulation of industry, increased globilization, and liberal intellectualism in general. Then came *9/11.* The response to the the terror attacks completed the polarization of America. No longer was it enough to be critical of the the President of the United States when he belonged to the other party, open hostility in a continuous firehose of derision, bolstered by the rise of the Internet, was now normal. Unfortunately for too many conservatives, they view the people on the other side as being morally corrupt and a danger to the very fabric of their country and their way of life. They feel that they have no choice but to vote for the candidate who represents their side, no matter what that person's flaws might be. Logic and facts no longer enter into the argument. Even though the reality is that the Republican party poses a greater threat to their welbeing and security, the propaganda machine has convinced them that a Democratic win represents certain doom. Unemployed and working poor people are voting directly against their own interests. Sadly, they are being betrayed by the Republican party and hearded over a cliff like so many buffalo being threatened with fire, but not realizing the fate that they will suffer if they continue to stampede.
I've deliberately shaved off half my beard so it looked like this guy's. I recommend it just for people's reactions. I dunno why I'm leaving this comment, though.
Thanks for the explanation on the facial hair. I was having a hard time getting past what he looked like. Now I’m thinking about the kind of person I must be, judging others by the way they look!
@@solarwind907 No, it's natural. He talks about his experience in one of his books. Severe burns are horrible. Tons of pain...read his stuff...super interesting
@@nicholasschroeder3678 is it too painful to shave? I just wish he would consider shaving off that one clump of sideburn because his mask won't be as effective with that mass of hair preventing a good fit. I make masks and I know that having a close fit is key.
Folks who are lucky enough to not have to go out (which includes a fair number of academics) don't really need to worry about facial hair making masks less effective. Also, if I could grow that sort of full on wolfman beard, even if only on 1/2 my face I would totally use the excuse to do so ;)
Excellent interview... the part about the hierarchy of values and the ranking of honesty was especially good perspective, but all of professor Ariely's viewpoints were communicated in a refreshing and insightful way.
2:00 that's why some professions have checklists. Accidents in industry often happen with seasoned workers precisely because of this. I keep some mental checks like "I should always be respectful", "I'm possibly wrong", "I'm probably wrong if the other opinion comes from a specialist respected by specialists on all sides" and "I totally agree with that guy: let me check his opinion twice so I avoid confirmation bias". EDIT: One more: "look for data, understand data, be sure I'm not missusing it".
This guy is spot on ,,,,,, and as a friend told me a long time ago that Democracy will only work if everybody wants it to work. And yes Democracy is very fragile as well.
Excellent talk! Some years ago I tried to explain the public health concept (as discussed by this speaker) to my friend who wouldn't get her child vaccinated, but she didn't get it. The child, now an adult, regrets not receiving the shots, she is a better thinker than her Mum.
Remember this is an impeached president. Please Georgia state, when you vote Jan 5th, vote for Democracy! We need Democracy in the U.S. Stay safe friends.
16:14 "Republicans voted for things that they cared about at the sacrifice of the truth. But now we are stuck with the value of truth being very low. What we need is a truth and reconciliation act." Powerful stuff!
Ironically, by not shaving that one sideburn at least, his mask won't be nearly as effective in stopping viral transmission, so he could be risking others for his unique look. I'd love to hear his explanation of why other men are shaving so that they get a good seal around their face mask, but he's exempt?
Unfortunately, most folks never really grow up & evolve. Just a great mass of mutant toddlers who have been, relatively, successfully trained to agree to conformity **when** they feel that there is a **personally** pleasing 'reward' for doing so. Like how parents might bribe a small child with a treat if the child behaves while they are inside the grocery store.
Regarding the idea of lying, I feel very strongly that the "road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Even M. Gandhi said, "There is no God higher than truth." I'm glad to hear Dan Ariely is optimistic :-)
Great stuff. "If all cooperate the problem will be solved! " The term "betraying the public good" implying to be partially responsible for the death of others. What to call then the ones propagating untrue information resulting in people not willing to cooperate in confronting this pandemic? This man has some real interesting insights, statements like "where stands truth in the hierarchy of values?" Thats pretty powerful.
Low-probability events, I'm seeing how many other people are being hospitalized, getting lifelong conditions or dying and I don't want to be one of them, I don't want to be the one to give it to someone else to suffer with either, so I do what's needed to minimize the risk: social distance, wear mask & not touch face outside, wash hands first thing coming inside.
I love Prof. Dan Ariely's examples which help clarify his theory. He's expanding on the 'Tragedy of the Commons' (1968), and applies it very well, I think, to the "Covid-19 Rebellion" which we see all over America. I wish I could share his optimism about the strength of our American Democracy and its institutions. Otherwise, a fine interview and presentation.
The 3 points he states to build trust again are valid. Put an end to the last chapter, start a new chapter and increase transparency in the government and its processes where possible in respect to confidentiality and security. The media needs to help too!!!!
Yet a spot on and very illuminating interview from Amanpour & company - Thank you for so often highligting the important questions in brilliant company
See if everyone was as smart as Mr. Ariely I don't think there would be much war between people. Unfortunately we are as smart as the truth that we believe in. My neighbors don't ignore the truth knowingly. My neighbors are listening to radio stations that I think Are lying all the time. They believe in the truth to be something else than I believe in....... one of us must be wrong here. The other day my wht Neighbor comes out of the elevator. I asked him hey how you doing? He screams they're killing us and taking our land away. So I dig deeper.. I asked him what? What are you talkin about.? He replies, they're taking all our lands away in South Africa and kicking the white Farmers out...... And the blacks are taking over the land... Now, this is a white guy in late 50's whom I considered to be okay in the smarts Department. The shucker is when you find out where he lives. He knows absolutely nobody white or black in South Africa. We live in N. CA USA. ...... My neighbors are not bad people they are good in the hart. Something needs to be done about the part of the media which is misleading the public. I might be misled right now. Because the truth I know is through the airways.....
I don't want to criticize you and in a way you're right, that your neighbor is wrong. BUT the way of SA definitely has the tendency of going that way in the last 20 years. My parents live there. My father retired as a Professor for Physics at a point where he had to give better grades to black students then to white only because of their skin color and not their knowledge. A lot of white people with know-how emigrated (mostly to Australia, UK), as of career possibilities. Therefore the economy is not very well (politely said 😉) and the country itself is downgraded to almost trash. Btw. I guess the news your neighbor was upset about and got a bit out of context, was of a black man beeing a killer of (min. 3 as far as I remember) young white farmers/farm hands in one community, who was up for trial. There was the possibility he would go Scot-free due to bribery. Protesters (black & white farmers from this community) in front of the courthouse did their best to undermine this. Be well and please, wear a mask 😷 - Europe
@@HuberHans @@HuberHans th-cam.com/video/BnuEMdUUrZQ/w-d-xo.html If descendants of murderers descendants of grave robbers descendants of Pirates descendants of the oppressors the descendants of thiefs ,Sorry if I left anyone out, Are now enjoying the fruits of what their ancestors forced the enslaved to build for them and steal, Rob, confiscate....from innocent people around the world, it does not mean all of that belongs to their offsprings in the future. All that's been done has to be resolved among us otherwise all this killing will keep going on And yes I read that BS you wrote about your dad and his students... what does your daddy and his students have to do with a black guy killing three white guys. Why Can't This be a person shot 3 others over land dispute. And then get into the history of what the land dispute is about from back in the day up to now. I can't fix you or your type at all. no one can. accept the truth. truth in your face where you cannot escape it. There only needs to be the truth on public airway.
Dan Ariely is sporting a delightful Salvatore Dali asymmetry in his facial stylings--nice eyebrow swoosh! I'm crestfallen witnessing the decline of respect for truth or reality in our weak democracy.
If govt. control of the people was the intention, why on earth would they ask the public to *wear* masks - thus making them more difficult to identify and control...
This was a beautiful and honest assessment of our current political state. Just one thought or question about the susceptibility of people who believe in or accept political lies, is that people that are creative do not have to worry so much about a particular side being right or wrong. They have another hobby, so to speak, and can easily place themselves outside of a binary political system and see from multiple view points. I have seen this in the work place, as well. When you have people who do not have confidence in their own life outside of work, they seem to bring that into the work environment and really wrap themselves around being right and get frustrated when an outsider solves the problem. We have a self perpetuating cycle in politics of right and wrong, and our lives are never really right or wrong, and the ways to make them better are vast.
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This is the best explanation for the loyalty of Trump's base that I have heard. It's this kind of science-based analysis that is needed in the political realm.
What an incredibly astute analysis! Mr Ariely hits several nails on the head, from understanding the psychology of individual v mutual benefit to the willingness of Republicans to sacrifice truth for some perceived higher ideal. I grew up in a Christian, republican household and most of my immediate family (7 in all) gradually left the Republican Party, including my parents, precisely because it was so often at odds with Christianity. My parents are still devout and, though many of their children are no longer churchgoers (such as myself), we are all baffled - and have been for years now - at the willingness of evangelicals to embrace (and use!) falsehoods in search of “victories” that are increasingly pyrrhic. I agree we need some sort of cultural reset button. For what it’s worth and any who may be interested, I wrote an analysis of America through my own experience here: www.hagenmusic.net/2020/11/dear-america-personal-history.html?m=1 (It could use some editing and revision, but it is thorough and, I hope, honest.)
@@gwills9337 I'm confused. I thought an oxymoron was two words together that are so opposite that they cancel each other out. In my mind there is no such thing as a Christian Republican anymore.
Your guest's commentary on behavior and mask-wearing could be extrapolated to explain how bad/corrupt behavior by a few can quickly devolve a culture into a collapsing society. It also so eloquently explains how maintaining the belief in the public good is so so vitally important.
Actually locking everything but grocery stores and pharmacies down for a month and giving everyone a check for their wages would have worked. But paying individual people and not just corporations is something that CNN will never give airtime to.
I’m scared. But I wear my mask, safety glasses and face shield. I find people refusing to work together and mask up to get through this pandemic are murderers
They have blood on their hands, each and every one of them. And they all claim to be oh so good Christians. I'm not scared; I'm wary and cautious, taking as much care as possible to avoid the irresponsibility of half our population. I'm angry!
His explanation for the GOP's tolerance of lying is quite clear. How GOP Christians tolerate those lies is impossible for me to understand.
They are scared of changes in the society. And they cannot speak out because we as a society have outlawed racism, sexism and anti-minority bigotry. So they cling to whatever crackpot theories they can believe in. When you talk to them long enough, you know that they are deliberately living in a make-believe society. They'd lynch Jesus if he were to be here today. ☺️
@@danishbiochem Progressive firms know the economic value of diversity so have policies that punish discriminatory, insensitive, or sexist behavior. However, Trump encouraged that behavior and it's not really outlawed except in some cities and states so these idiots definitely speak out as seen on social media, Fox News, and in person.
@@danishbiochem You’re right. They fail to grasp an increasingly complex, diverse and modern world that’s left their archaic views behind. One can’t teach a old dog new tricks. Also, the electoral college gives these people far too much power. No farmer should get to decide the fate of a black person or any minority for that matter. They don’t know enough about the world and in many cases they don’t know anything. The majority of Americans are desperate to move into the 21st century, but we’re held back by people who’ve never been on a plane or spoken to someone who doesn’t look like them. The electoral college is just propagating the idiocy of the masses at this point. Our founding fathers never envisioned the plague of anti-intellectualism that would sweep across the nation.
@@danishbiochem yes they will crucify Christ.
They are the antichrist.Taking a ride to church on Sundays doesn't make them Christians.
A good tax deduction groups.
@@JustinLHopkins our finding fathers were discriminate against black people and women.
In my book they were immoral and close minded.
The goodness was for themselves, I don't care what anybody says and how the sugar coat the history.
The white immigrants did not have better life, lots of them died to make working better for others.
We still work for the fucking Bezos, and what the others names are.
Just right now how many people are without income and we have a handful bustards not signing to give aid to all these people who suffer, 600 $ is to much in their eyes for the every person but is O K spending millions for Trump playing golf or that little witch coming out and telling us lies, I just don't know how to spell her name, I know she makes 183000 $..
I am not politically knowledgeable but I can do a better job than these buffoons.
I love Dan Ariely. He is brilliant.
That was one of the most interesting talks about motivation and cooperation. Thanks PBS.
For the first time, I feel like I’m getting an explanation for how my family and friends, who are good, intelligent, religious people, could support a president like Trump. Maintaining these relationships for the last 8 years has been difficult. Probably longer than 8 years. The conspiracies and “alternate facts” started when Obama was running for office. You’ve given me some things to think about.
glad it was helpful. thanks for watching.
"intelligent, religious people" This is an oxymoron.
it's the internet. obama appeared at the perfect time for that to form too.
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face it: You just disagree.
One thing I've noticed: conservatives are much more informed, do more research and have better, more honorable sources.
libs tend to pull their news exclusively from television, usually the same stations day after day. So everything conservatives say sounds strange because the msm gives very limited information.
So it cant hurt to actually enter into a convo and open yourself up to learn.
Now, granted you dont have to accept everything said.
But look at the alternative: You are probably taking the mainstream media at their word, even though you have no idea if they are giving honest news.
(And often they have been shown to lie, misinform, and are totally biased.)
So you dismiss your own peeps ...in favor of the mainstream media .
Does that sound...fair to you? .Or smart?
Ask questions. Ask them; Why did you come to that conclusion?
Or
Where can i get good information on this subject?
Who's a good source of i(legal, medical, cultural) information?
One more thing - what i have learned about BO over the years was distasteful to me and since blacks love him so much I knew I had to be careful not to give people heart attacks with the truth.
But then, he kept popping up everywhere (doing his shadow president thing) and i had to 'allude' to my mother and others that something is not quite right with him.(Still being careful)
Outside the bubble of the mainstream media there is a lot of information available .
A lot is credible and verifiable. Your relatives and friends were probably reacting to freely flowing information about him and his history.
Since a person cant bear false witness against another person I have to be careful about what i say about him , HRC.or anyone.
But trust me, where there is smoke...there's fire.
What A GREAT interview. Kudos to your program and continued success.
thanks for watching and your support. subscribe, tell a friend to. :-)
Enjoy your shows with mentally challenged professors lmao
Anyone who has had a spouse cheat on them or has a sister or brother or best friend who had that happen knows the truth of the claim of how hard it is to rebuild trust once it is gone. The damage 45 did to America will last longer than I do. It may in fact be a fatal blow.
What this man had to say was really interesting and thought provoking. Thank you.
thanks for watching.
True. But when you are willing to lie for the Greater Good, who are you to know what is the Greater Good? God?
@@NowHari hi harry! I like your voice
@8:09 Germany is amazing. By contrast, I (in the US) called the police on my neighbors for a having a multi-household gathering and the police lectured ME about "invasion" of privacy, even though the behavior that I was reporting took place in a public street. This country is so messed up.
People think that freedom means that all behaviors are equally good. Well, there is no law against cheating on your girlfriend. Does that make it "good"??
Americans find any curtailment to be a massive affront. This is because they don't know what real oppression is. This is not simply because they've never experienced it; it's because they don't bother to learn about any other times and/or places. All they know is what is directly in front of their eyes. So many people are incapable of seeing with their mind.
trump, especially with this pandemic has really opened my eyes to how ugly vast swaths of American truly is.
Dan's talk has helped me to understand the schism in our country over masks and how disinformation overrides the power of truth.
thanks for watching- also see the chat in this channel with Renee Diresta about disinformation if that is of interest to you. I think we have a whole playlist on the topic :-)
I'm glad you have benefited; I still don't get it. So, humans are selfish to the point they harm themselves and can't see it so they just keep harming themselves with increasing levels of selfishness? Just makes no sense.
@@virginiamoss7045 Like addictions.
@@mrcurly1147 You know, that's something to think about. I've long had a curiosity about addiction so have "studied" about it a good bit. It seems to be something about stimulating the pleasure centers of the brain which in the case of politics and cults doesn't seem to be the case except maybe in a more highly complex route. Maybe I don't get all these explanations because I don't seem to be susceptible to addiction.
I tried nicotine, alcohol and marijuana when I was young; I just didn't get it and still don't. Smoking was horribly uncomfortable and screamed "stop!" no matter how much I tried. Alcohol was totally distasteful no matter how I tried to acquire the taste and left me with horrendous migraine headaches. Marijuana I found to be just stupid. None of these experiences brought me any pleasure at all, just pain and discomfort.
I did have a mild sense of addiction when I got off caffeine; it was quite a surprise to me. I had to wrestle with stopping a life long habit. So, serious addition must be true hell.
This guy should be added to Biden's pandemic response team.
He absolutely should !!!
In spite of political considerations, I bet the best bottle of wine that things with COVID will change very few in the next years. COVID is not a political actor, citizens are. And citizens are who deny to be rational, no matter to whom they voted.
opened up the comments to say pretty much exactly the same thing. if nothing else he should be an adviser to biden. or a surrogate or something - telling stories from the bible - you can get the middle of the country on board.
oh, duh, his economic adviser
@@josemata6318 People are sheep, though. They need someone to tell them how to behave. It's too late now, but under better leadership covid and what comes after would have gone much differently.
We know that seatbelts save lives...not all lives. Wearing a seatbelt is the law and when we’re not abiding we receive a citation and have to pay restitution even though we live in a free country.
This does not take our freedom from us. The law is for the greater good of the people who unite in making these laws by people we elect to manage our freedom.
If we simply allow our freedom to rule our country there will be no order or integrity.
The United States of America represents the concept “United we stand, divided we fall.”
It’s a choice...
Grow and learn and be a part of the solution... WEAR YOUR MASK and
UNITED WE STAND AMERICA!
Very well stated!!
Great guest! I'm choosing to be optimistic as well👍🏾
This needs to be watched and the information absorbed to ones core!
His analysis of truth in the hierarchy of values is excellent. Truth must be placed very very high in the value hierarchy at a societal scale. Critically important take. Fantastic discussion.
I don’t feel like a sucker, I feel anger because the offender is betraying the social contract. And I continue to follow the rules
Zackly. I feel anger at those who break it but i feel satisfaction for protecting myself and others as well as pride in being a good rolemodel. To me those who cannot cooperate to combat and overcome a common enemy - a frigging pandemy - have no understanding of science and lack a backbone and integrity are 'suckers' or the occupant's preferred term 'losers'.
TAKE HEART ! Keep yourself safe and continue following the rules. If the Democrats get control of the Senate as well as the House and the Presidency then the whole thing will change into its opposite.
WE will be in charge THEN !
I bet you won't be able to find a Republiconn in a million miles of this place !
@@judithwake2757 why do you think if the Democrats can make all the decisions, you will be in charge?
It means the Democrats will be in charge.
Ummm... I think Trump hates you and he hates us, c'mon America, FIX THIS.
Sociology 101 - you aren't actually losing anything. It's called relative deprivation - you only feel deprived relative to someone else's gain. In his example, let's say only half the people put into the pot - you still get $25 ($15 more than $10!), while the other half gets $35 {$25 more than $10). Don't look at your loss relative to someone else, focus on your gain - but at the same time, don't accept epithets like "do nothing" or "lazy" or "a drain on society" when actually, they are, through shelters, loopholes, stinginess, graft, and greed. I don't know about you, but it's not worth $10 a day to be that kind of person. I also gain the support and comraderie of my fellow generous and level-headed pot people. That's priceless.
Dan you are beyond fabulous. You made me think and softened my Heart. My heartfelt gratitude from Australia.
It's odd but when this thing started wearing a mask was almost suffocating. The way I got past that is to become an expert, to become good, at this new way of living. I try to make it a point to pick up a new face covering when I go out and pair the mask with what I'm wearing. I get compliments all the time on my masks, it's actually fun. Don't get me wrong I can't wait for it to end but it's not insufferable. Also I have a small child at home and work in a field with a high potential for exposure so I don't have a choice.
You are creative and innovative. They are sticks in the mud and they like it.
Attitude matters & you are a winner!
Good on you for adapting and making lemonade out of lemons!
Dan is a national treasure! He's engaging, smart, and really wants to make his information easy to understand for the average person.
Hi!
I just subscribed. The interviews I’ve watched on this channel are wonderful! I think it is great when the host allows the guest to speak uninterrupted and at length. Lovely.
We need a Truth and Reconciliation process to recover from the Trump administration.
We need much more than that. We need to prosecute and punish corrupt administration officials and judges and all their GOP enablers. That's true justice and healing. You don't earn a get out of jail card just because you were corrupt in power. The Trump crime family will still be a national security risk out of power. Who knows what secrets they'll sell? That's why it's crucial to seize their assets to repay all they've stolen from taxpayers and private citizens and imprison them and keep them incommunicado.
We need investigation and public prosecution, followed by punishment.
It's sometimes called "behavior modification" and if we don't do it, we can expect even more of this shit.
We must demonstrate to everyone, including ourselves, that we really and truly will not put up with people betraying our trust and abusing their power.
@@linda1lee2 Absolutely!
Just to be clear, I'm not assuming you're against prosecution and punishment but that isn't necessarily clear from your comment.
We're not talking about people who didn't fully understand what they were doing. Nobody accidently siphons public money into their own pocket or persists in flagrantly violating the law long after being notified _you're breaking the law._
We have exactly the same laws as we had when they broke them. Either we tolerate massive lawlessness or we do not.
Will Murray Yes
Dan Ariely is one of my favorite speakers. Behavioral economics fascinates me!
Great conversation. Our country needs more guidance from thinkers like Dan Ariely.
without truth we have nothing
Tell that to the corrupt democrat controlled news media.
Been a follower of Dan Ariely's research for years. Always surprises me more people aren't interested in social science. Instead we're interested in "Shark Week".
🦈 I mean, ocean ecology is cool too… 😄
Would I be willing to accept or tolerate a leader who would lie in order to combat global warming? The answer is yes and no. If the alternative is a candidate who doesn't believe that global warming is a problem, then I must choose the lesser of two evils. On the other hand, if the opposition does support fighting global warming, but in a truthful way, then they have my support. And this is the crux of the matter.
The culture war between conservative and liberal ideology, the origin of today's identity politics, shifted from a cold to a hot conflict in 1968. In the 1960s the Republican Party devised the _Southern strategy,_ an appeal to conservative Southerners, traditionally Democrats, who opposed the Civil Rights movement and the dismantling of Jim Crow laws. During the 1968 National Conventions, ABC News broadcast a series of debates between William F. Buckley Jr. and Gore Vidal, which were extremely heated. The late 1960s and early 1970s pitted The Establishment against those who supported Civil Rights, Women's Liberation, and an end to the Vietnam War. To many Americans, the word _liberal_ became a pejorative. The Reagan administration's embracing of Fundamentalist Christians with Pat Robertson's Moral Majority, along with the breaking of the unions with the firing of 11000 air traffic controllers, shifted the Republican party much further to the right. Then came *Fox News.* By the 1990s, conservatives had lost the debate where the Culture War was concerned, but the propaganda machine was just beginning to kick into gear. The new focus of conservative enmity was the liberal elites in Hollywood, on university campuses, and in the boardrooms of corporate America. Conservative talk radio and Fox News decried political correctness, feminism, the atheist assault on religion, regulation of industry, increased globilization, and liberal intellectualism in general. Then came *9/11.* The response to the the terror attacks completed the polarization of America. No longer was it enough to be critical of the the President of the United States when he belonged to the other party, open hostility in a continuous firehose of derision, bolstered by the rise of the Internet, was now normal.
Unfortunately for too many conservatives, they view the people on the other side as being morally corrupt and a danger to the very fabric of their country and their way of life. They feel that they have no choice but to vote for the candidate who represents their side, no matter what that person's flaws might be. Logic and facts no longer enter into the argument. Even though the reality is that the Republican party poses a greater threat to their welbeing and security, the propaganda machine has convinced them that a Democratic win represents certain doom. Unemployed and working poor people are voting directly against their own interests. Sadly, they are being betrayed by the Republican party and hearded over a cliff like so many buffalo being threatened with fire, but not realizing the fate that they will suffer if they continue to stampede.
What a great guest.
Very interesting interview. What an intelligent and articulate man.
Brilliant discussion. What a respite from all the politics-tainted discourse. Thanks, PBS!
I've read all his books. Fascinating stuff. He suffered terrible burns as a young man; thus the unusual appearance.
I've deliberately shaved off half my beard so it looked like this guy's. I recommend it just for people's reactions.
I dunno why I'm leaving this comment, though.
@@lunchwagondavis9983 🤷♂️😂
Thanks for the explanation on the facial hair. I was having a hard time getting past what he looked like.
Now I’m thinking about the kind of person I must be, judging others by the way they look!
@@solarwind907 No, it's natural. He talks about his experience in one of his books. Severe burns are horrible. Tons of pain...read his stuff...super interesting
@@nicholasschroeder3678 is it too painful to shave? I just wish he would consider shaving off that one clump of sideburn because his mask won't be as effective with that mass of hair preventing a good fit. I make masks and I know that having a close fit is key.
great interview, thought provoking, thanks for your quality program.
Amazing stuff. This gentleman and behavioral economists are a precious resource and must be heard in the national and local media.
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Favorite Interview Ever! What a Beautiful Mind!
BEST LOCKDOWN BEARD EVAR!!!!!
he was burned many years ago and has no hair on that side of his body.
@@TheLoneWanderersBunker so can he still shave the other side?
@@TheLoneWanderersBunker I know this, she said so in the first 60 seconds --- that has nothing to do with my comment.
@@LazyIRanch he looks kinda cool
Folks who are lucky enough to not have to go out (which includes a fair number of academics) don't really need to worry about facial hair making masks less effective.
Also, if I could grow that sort of full on wolfman beard, even if only on 1/2 my face I would totally use the excuse to do so ;)
Very nice and easy way to understand him ... such a wonderful professor and very positive I hope he is right!!! 🙏
Excellent interview... the part about the hierarchy of values and the ranking of honesty was especially good perspective, but all of professor Ariely's viewpoints were communicated in a refreshing and insightful way.
This man is brilliant! Love listening to what he has to say. Learned so much here. Thank you!
2:00 that's why some professions have checklists. Accidents in industry often happen with seasoned workers precisely because of this. I keep some mental checks like "I should always be respectful", "I'm possibly wrong", "I'm probably wrong if the other opinion comes from a specialist respected by specialists on all sides" and "I totally agree with that guy: let me check his opinion twice so I avoid confirmation bias". EDIT: One more: "look for data, understand data, be sure I'm not missusing it".
This is a very insightful interview, I have to watch his TEDex talks and other interviews
Good questions and I appreciate letting the man answer at length
This guy is spot on ,,,,,, and as a friend told me a long time ago that Democracy will only work if everybody wants it to work. And yes Democracy is very fragile as well.
Very well said...thanks😷
Dan Ariely is brilliant, and gave me welcome new perspectives. Thanks man, I wish I was young enough to take your classes at Duke.
It has also been politicized in U.S. I'm sick of hearing people bitching about their 'rights' .
Masks do not work. This is a rich mans trick.WTFU
@@TheTazzietiger STFU
Excellent talk! Some years ago I tried to explain the public health concept (as discussed by this speaker) to my friend who wouldn't get her child vaccinated, but she didn't get it. The child, now an adult, regrets not receiving the shots, she is a better thinker than her Mum.
Remember this is an impeached president. Please Georgia state, when you vote Jan 5th, vote for Democracy! We need Democracy in the U.S. Stay safe friends.
16:14 "Republicans voted for things that they cared about at the sacrifice of the truth. But now we are stuck with the value of truth being very low. What we need is a truth and reconciliation act." Powerful stuff!
For alllll the people asking about the beard, try listening to the intro when Amanpour speaks. She explains.
Kind of sexy
Ironically, by not shaving that one sideburn at least, his mask won't be nearly as effective in stopping viral transmission, so he could be risking others for his unique look. I'd love to hear his explanation of why other men are shaving so that they get a good seal around their face mask, but he's exempt?
@Doris Latimore Johnson so you suggest he do what? This is the result of an injury. Are you saying disabled people aren't able to show their faces?
@@jodifer1 that wasn't what anyone suggested
@@jodifer1 how about this suggestion......Shave that ridiculous looking shit.
Bottom line: we are children who are incapable of long term thinking. This is the major cause of Empire/American collapse.
Unfortunately, most folks never really grow up & evolve. Just a great mass of mutant toddlers who have been, relatively, successfully trained to agree to conformity **when** they feel that there is a **personally** pleasing 'reward' for doing so. Like how parents might bribe a small child with a treat if the child behaves while they are inside the grocery store.
Regarding the idea of lying, I feel very strongly that the "road to Hell is paved with good intentions." Even M. Gandhi said, "There is no God higher than truth."
I'm glad to hear Dan Ariely is optimistic :-)
Great stuff.
"If all cooperate the problem will be solved! " The term "betraying the public good" implying to be partially responsible for the death of others.
What to call then the ones propagating untrue information resulting in people not willing to cooperate in confronting this pandemic?
This man has some real interesting insights, statements like "where stands truth in the hierarchy of values?" Thats pretty powerful.
Proves Moronavirus is deadly! 😂
I came because of the weird thumbnail. And stayed to listen to an expert on irrationality.. fascinating.
Low-probability events, I'm seeing how many other people are being hospitalized, getting lifelong conditions or dying and I don't want to be one of them, I don't want to be the one to give it to someone else to suffer with either, so I do what's needed to minimize the risk: social distance, wear mask & not touch face outside, wash hands first thing coming inside.
14:55 The irony of lying being less important than a person's 'values'.
This is wonderful!!!
I love Prof. Dan Ariely's examples which help clarify his theory. He's expanding on the 'Tragedy of the Commons' (1968), and applies it very well, I think, to the "Covid-19 Rebellion" which we see all over America. I wish I could share his optimism about the strength of our American Democracy and its institutions. Otherwise, a fine interview and presentation.
How can you have other "values" if you don't value the truth?
Very interesting! Will be sharing with others.
Cheers for fixing the volume! Great guest also, very insightful.
The 3 points he states to build trust again are valid. Put an end to the last chapter, start a new chapter and increase transparency in the government and its processes where possible in respect to confidentiality and security. The media needs to help too!!!!
Fantastic, more please.
So wise! So good .
Yet a spot on and very illuminating interview from Amanpour & company - Thank you for so often highligting the important questions in brilliant company
Dan is one of the most brilliant minds we are lucky to have in our world.
See if everyone was as smart as Mr. Ariely I don't think there would be much war between people. Unfortunately we are as smart as the truth that we believe in.
My neighbors don't ignore the truth knowingly.
My neighbors are listening to radio stations that I think Are lying all the time. They believe in the truth to be something else than I believe in....... one of us must be wrong here.
The other day my wht Neighbor comes out of the elevator. I asked him hey how you doing? He screams they're killing us and taking our land away. So I dig deeper.. I asked him what? What are you talkin about.? He replies, they're taking all our lands away in South Africa and kicking the white Farmers out...... And the blacks are taking over the land... Now, this is a white guy in late 50's whom I considered to be okay in the smarts Department. The shucker is when you find out where he lives. He knows absolutely nobody white or black in South Africa.
We live in N. CA USA. ......
My neighbors are not bad people they are good in the hart.
Something needs to be done about the part of the media which is misleading the public. I might be misled right now. Because the truth I know is through the airways.....
I don't want to criticize you and in a way you're right, that your neighbor is wrong. BUT the way of SA definitely has the tendency of going that way in the last 20 years. My parents live there. My father retired as a Professor for Physics at a point where he had to give better grades to black students then to white only because of their skin color and not their knowledge. A lot of white people with know-how emigrated (mostly to Australia, UK), as of career possibilities. Therefore the economy is not very well (politely said 😉) and the country itself is downgraded to almost trash.
Btw. I guess the news your neighbor was upset about and got a bit out of context, was of a black man beeing a killer of (min. 3 as far as I remember) young white farmers/farm hands in one community, who was up for trial. There was the possibility he would go Scot-free due to bribery. Protesters (black & white farmers from this community) in front of the courthouse did their best to undermine this.
Be well and please, wear a mask 😷 - Europe
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If descendants of murderers
descendants of grave robbers
descendants of Pirates
descendants of the oppressors
the descendants of thiefs
,Sorry if I left anyone out,
Are now enjoying the fruits of what their ancestors forced the enslaved to build for them and steal, Rob, confiscate....from innocent people around the world, it does not mean all of that belongs to their offsprings in the future. All that's been done has to be resolved among us otherwise all this killing will keep going on
And yes I read that BS you wrote about your dad and his students...
what does your daddy and his students have to do with a black guy killing three white guys.
Why Can't This be a person shot 3 others over land dispute. And then get into the history of what the land dispute is about from back in the day up to now.
I can't fix you or your type at all. no one can. accept the truth. truth in your face where you cannot escape it.
There only needs to be the truth on public airway.
Dan Ariely is sporting a delightful Salvatore Dali asymmetry in his facial stylings--nice eyebrow swoosh! I'm crestfallen witnessing the decline of respect for truth or reality in our weak democracy.
Damn this guy is good!
yup. why we had him on ;-)
Look for his books. You get a lot of the same "Aha!" moments when reading them.
If govt. control of the people was the intention, why on earth would they ask the public to *wear* masks - thus making them more difficult to identify and control...
all of his stories make sense and ring true.
This was a beautiful and honest assessment of our current political state. Just one thought or question about the susceptibility of people who believe in or accept political lies, is that people that are creative do not have to worry so much about a particular side being right or wrong. They have another hobby, so to speak, and can easily place themselves outside of a binary political system and see from multiple view points. I have seen this in the work place, as well. When you have people who do not have confidence in their own life outside of work, they seem to bring that into the work environment and really wrap themselves around being right and get frustrated when an outsider solves the problem. We have a self perpetuating cycle in politics of right and wrong, and our lives are never really right or wrong, and the ways to make them better are vast.
What a great speaker.
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Give this man a job. What an amazing human
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Very enlightening! Great interview 🙏
Part of the problem is also that covid-19 just doesn't consistently hit everyone the same.
I hope one of the changes covid brings is an increased dedication to and investment in the social sciences
Brilliant man ❤
This does not speak well for humankind's ability to mitigate near-term existential climate catastrophe.
The way he's describing people keeping their money is basically how billionaires are made
Always good conversations here, Thank You.
Great interview loved his insights
Great interview! Thanks!
Excellent! Dan delivers once again!
It's simple,everybody thinks they are right and everyone else is wrong.
"I don't need to change,you do"
This is the best explanation for the loyalty of Trump's base that I have heard. It's this kind of science-based analysis that is needed in the political realm.
So refreshing to hear some smart talk
What an incredibly astute analysis! Mr Ariely hits several nails on the head, from understanding the psychology of individual v mutual benefit to the willingness of Republicans to sacrifice truth for some perceived higher ideal.
I grew up in a Christian, republican household and most of my immediate family (7 in all) gradually left the Republican Party, including my parents, precisely because it was so often at odds with Christianity. My parents are still devout and, though many of their children are no longer churchgoers (such as myself), we are all baffled - and have been for years now - at the willingness of evangelicals to embrace (and use!) falsehoods in search of “victories” that are increasingly pyrrhic.
I agree we need some sort of cultural reset button. For what it’s worth and any who may be interested, I wrote an analysis of America through my own experience here: www.hagenmusic.net/2020/11/dear-america-personal-history.html?m=1
(It could use some editing and revision, but it is thorough and, I hope, honest.)
Christian republican....there in lies the problem.
@@anamericaninamerica An oxymoron, no doubt!
@@virginiamoss7045 hardly. Christians have been bamboozled by the Right for 200 years.
@@gwills9337 I'm confused. I thought an oxymoron was two words together that are so opposite that they cancel each other out. In my mind there is no such thing as a Christian Republican anymore.
Fascinating stuff. Thanks.
I wonder if Biden could try using some behavioral economics/psychology to pull the country back together
He's a good sociopath maybe 🤣
NBF1865 Biden's a sociopath? 😂 And you're one of these selfish idiots he's talking about.
@@Shimmy246
Your a extremely nieve person. This is what they count on
A spanking? A time out? No tv? No car keys?
i've been thinking I hope he has expert cult deprogrammers on his team.
WOW this was fascinating! Especially the revelation about lying.
Your guest's commentary on behavior and mask-wearing could be extrapolated to explain how bad/corrupt behavior by a few can quickly devolve a culture into a collapsing society. It also so eloquently explains how maintaining the belief in the public good is so so vitally important.
This describes EXACTLY how we went from being united in April to divided.
10:11 I'm sorry but the upward slope is slippery too so you can't get up it, same principle.
i would like to write papers for Dan Ariely, if only to read his comments
To build trust in the government is a key..one way give a basic universal income ..
We didn’t even do it to keep people home during covid..
Too much right wing efforts had made everything a disaster. I believe it's been purposeful.
Actually locking everything but grocery stores and pharmacies down for a month and giving everyone a check for their wages would have worked. But paying individual people and not just corporations is something that CNN will never give airtime to.
I’m scared. But I wear my mask, safety glasses and face shield. I find people refusing to work together and mask up to get through this pandemic are murderers
They are jerks unable to evolve.
They have blood on their hands, each and every one of them. And they all claim to be oh so good Christians. I'm not scared; I'm wary and cautious, taking as much care as possible to avoid the irresponsibility of half our population. I'm angry!
@@virginiamoss7045 Holy Spirit never makes a home in their ❤️. Jesus was a Republican for God's sake. He had a Dino for a pet like Fred Flintstone.
Brilliant experiment and explanation of stable and unstable scenarios for "public good."
Super intelligent man!