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2. What Is All The Panic (buying) About?
After stores across the world first started running out of toilet paper, this quickly spread to empty shelves and epic queues as people rush to stock up before armageddon hits. This has resulted in a lot of further panic and strong emotions and angry words from those impacted. Still no one knows why toilet paper is needed....
In this episode we dive into some of the reasons behind the buying. We discuss supply chain shifts, game theory, psychology, fear, and economics to discover how it works. Along the way we find reasons to be less judgemental and kinder to our fellow humans.
Non Supermarket Food Delivery
I mention a list of places besides supermarkets that will do online delivery of useful goods. I'm putting it here for now but will update with a blog at some point.
Delivery list
If you have any suggestions let me know with dm or a comment (it would be nice to make an American equivalent)
The Madness of Crowds - Douglas Murray
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44667183-the-madness-of-crowds
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails - Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36490332-talking-to-my-daughter-about-the-economy
Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction - Morton D. Davis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229281.Game_Theory
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If you enjoy the episode and want more, Sam has launched his new show - "How to Change the World: The History of Innovation".
Chronologically studying every world-changing event in order and how they build upon themselves up to today.
Available on all podcast players:
- SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT
- APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649
- YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast
Can't find it on your player?
RSS feed - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8
Find out more - www.changetheworldpod.com
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By Samuel Webster Harris
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After stores across the world first started running out of toilet paper, this quickly spread to empty shelves and epic queues as people rush to stock up before armageddon hits. This has resulted in a lot of further panic and strong emotions and angry words from those impacted. Still no one knows why toilet paper is needed....
In this episode we dive into some of the reasons behind the buying. We discuss supply chain shifts, game theory, psychology, fear, and economics to discover how it works. Along the way we find reasons to be less judgemental and kinder to our fellow humans.
Non Supermarket Food Delivery
I mention a list of places besides supermarkets that will do online delivery of useful goods. I'm putting it here for now but will update with a blog at some point.
Delivery list
If you have any suggestions let me know with dm or a comment (it would be nice to make an American equivalent)
The Madness of Crowds - Douglas Murray
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44667183-the-madness-of-crowds
Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: or, How Capitalism Works - and How It Fails - Yanis Varoufakis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36490332-talking-to-my-daughter-about-the-economy
Game Theory: A Nontechnical Introduction - Morton D. Davis
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/229281.Game_Theory
---
If you enjoy the episode and want more, Sam has launched his new show - "How to Change the World: The History of Innovation".
Chronologically studying every world-changing event in order and how they build upon themselves up to today.
Available on all podcast players:
- SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT
- APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649
- YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast
Can't find it on your player?
RSS feed - https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/682b3b86696b5d1232d698a8
Find out more - www.changetheworldpod.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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