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- 40: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part II) - Autobiographical Memory, Estrangement, Political Conflict, and PrejudiceWhich domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of autobiographical memory, estrangement, political conflict, and prejudice in the midst of the pandemic. Igor wonders how losing track of distinct day-to-day memories might distort our sense of who we are, and Charles considers the odd influence that a year of mask-wearing may have on how we'll interact with strangers in the post-pandemic future.
Featuring:
Jeffrey Zacks, Professor and Associate Chair of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington UniversityPaula Niedenthal, Professor at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonDavid Rooney, Honorary Professor of Management and Organisation Studies at Macquarie Business School, Macquarie UniversityDouglas Kenrick, President’s Professor of Psychology at Arizona State UniversityLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Everyone Was Wrong on the Pandemic’s Societal Impact: Foreign Policy - Varnum, Hutcherson, Grossmann (2021)
- Estimating societal effects of COVID-19 - Hutcherson, Sharpinsky, Varnum, Rotella, Wormley, Tay, Grossmann (2021, preprint)
- How Life Could Get Better (or Worse) After COVID (berkeley.edu)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Jeffrey Zacks Interview
- Paula Niedenthal Interview
- David Rooney Interview
- Douglas Kenrick Interview
39 min - 39: World After Covid series: Negative Consequences (Part I) - Social Inequality, Loneliness, Economic Hardships, and DespairWhich domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of social inequality, loneliness, economic hardships, and despair in the midst of the pandemic. Igor assesses 3 sharply contrasting visions of the future, and Charles reflects on the idea of pandemics as the downside of something mostly very beneficial - the highly social nature of our species.
Featuring:
Azim Shariff, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair of Moral Psychology at the University of British Columbia, and director of the Center for Applied Moral PsychologyNicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale UniversityRoy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of QueenslandVeronica Benet Martinez, Endowed position as an ICREA Professor at Pompeu Fabra University, where she is head of the Behavioral and Experimental Social Sciences research groupLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Everyone Was Wrong on the Pandemic’s Societal Impact: Foreign Policy - Varnum, Hutcherson, Grossmann (2021)
- Estimating societal effects of COVID-19 - Hutcherson, Sharpinsky, Varnum, Rotella, Wormley, Tay, Grossmann (2021, preprint)
- How Life Could Get Better (or Worse) After COVID (berkeley.edu)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live By Nicholas A. Christakis · 2020
- Azim Shariff Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Nicholas Christakis Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Roy Baumeister Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Veronica Benet Martinez Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site31 min - 38: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. II) - Critical Thinking, Intellectual Humility, Political Cooperation, and SolidarityWhat kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of critical thinking, intellectual humility, political cooperation, and solidarity in the midst of the pandemic. Igor wrestles with the challenge of identifying experts while lacking expertise ourselves, and Charles considers the potential downsides of clamouring for resignations when our leaders make mistakes.
Featuring:
David Dunning, Social Psychologist and recipient of the Distinguished Lifetime Career Award from the International Society for Self and Identity.Mark Schaller, Professor of Psychology at the University of British ColumbiaDavid Passig, Futurist, lecturer, consultant and best–selling authorJennifer Lerner, Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy, Decision Science, and Management at the Harvard Kennedy SchoolLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Everyone Was Wrong on the Pandemic’s Societal Impact: Foreign Policy - Varnum, Hutcherson, Grossmann (2021)
- Estimating societal effects of COVID-19 - Hutcherson, Sharpinsky, Varnum, Rotella, Wormley, Tay, Grossmann (2021, preprint)
- How Life Could Get Better (or Worse) After COVID (berkeley.edu)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- The Dunning-Kruger effect: Misunderstood, misrepresented, overused and … non-existent? - Skepchick (2020)
- Dunning-Kruger Isn't Real - Psychology Today (2020)
- David Dunning Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Mark Schaller Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- David Passig Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Jennifer Lerner Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site44 min - 37: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Positive Consequences (Pt. I) - Sympathy and Compassion, Self-distancing, Perspective-taking, and Learning from pandemicsWhat kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses from 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of sympathy and compassion, self-distancing, perspective-taking, and learning from pandemics in the midst of the pandemic. Igor wonders what being empathetic and compassionate even looks like online, and Charles ponders lessons not learned from past global catastrophes.
Featuring:
Roxane Cohen Silver, Social-Personality Psychologist and Adversity Research TrailblazerLaura Carstensen, Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy and Founding Director of the Stanford Center on LongevityEdouard Machery, Distinguished Professor in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science and the Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of PittsburghAnand Menon, Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College LondonLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- How Life Could Get Better (or Worse) After COVID (berkeley.edu)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Roxane Cohen Silver Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Laura Carstensen Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Edouard Machery Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Anand Menon Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
30 min - 36: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part II) - Political cooperation, Nature, Solidarity, and Prosocial behavioursWhich domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to the question about positive change in response to the pandemic by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of political cooperation, nature, solidarity, and prosocial behaviour in the midst of the pandemic.
Featuring:
Dagomar Degroot, Associate Professor of Environmental History at Georgetown UniversityShinobu Kitayama, Robert B. Zajonc Collegiate Professor of Psychology at the University of MichiganKatie McLaughlin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard UniversityBarry Schwartz, Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore CollegeLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- How Life Could Get Better (or Worse) After COVID (berkeley.edu)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Dagomar Degroot Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Shinobu Kitayama Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Katie McLaughlin Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Barry Schwartz Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site44 min - 35: World After Covid series: Positive Consequences (Part I) - Political and structural change, Care for elders, Social connectedness, and Reconsidering habitsWhich domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to the question about positive change in response to the pandemic by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of political and structural change, care for elders, social connectedness, and reconsidering habits in the midst of the pandemic.
Featuring:
Ayse K. Uskul, Professor of Social Psychology at the University of KentMichael Ross, Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of WaterlooHarry Reis, Professor of Psychology at the University of RochesterJames Gross, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Psychophysiology Laboratory at Stanford UniversityLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Ayse Uskul Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Michael Ross Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Harry Reis Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- James Gross Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site29 min - 34: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part II) - What's important, Living in the moment, Social connectedness, and Shared humanityWhat one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of what's important, living in the moment, social connectedness, and shared humanity in the midst of the pandemic.
Featuring:
Yukiko Ushida, Professor of Social and Cultural Psychology at the Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto UniversityDacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology and Director of the Greater Good Science CenterWendy Mendes, Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UC San FranciscoMichael Bond, Cross-cultural Social PsychologistLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Yukiko Ushida Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Dacher Keltner Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Wendy Mendes Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Michael Bond Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site23 min - 33: World After Covid series: Wisdom for Now (Part I)What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic?
Igor and Charles share and discuss responses given to this critical question by 57 of the world's leading behavioral and social scientists, collected as part of the World After Covid project. Each episode, four responses are selected. This time, the conversation covers themes of agency and control, long-term orientation, social connectedness, solidarity, and perspective-taking in the midst of the pandemic.
Featuring:
Michael Norton, Social Psychologist from Harvard Business SchoolRobert Sternberg, Psychologist and Wisdom Research PioneerRoxane Cohen Silver, Social - Personality Psychologist and Adversity Research TrailblazerValerie Tiberius, Philosopher and AuthorLinks:
- World After Covid site
- Igor Grossmann's homepage
— interactive visualizations and analysis on the World After Covid project- Expert Predictions of Societal Change: Insights from the World after COVID Project - Grossmann, Twardus, Varnum, Jayawickreme, McLevey (2021, in press)
- Words of wisdom: 4 tips from experts on how to endure until the COVID-19 pandemic ends (The Conversation)
- Michael Norton Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Robert Sternberg Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Roxane Cohen Silver Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site- Valerie Tiberius Interview
— full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site28 min - 32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'
After 2 and a half years of podcasting, 30+ episodes, 50,000+ downloads, and one global pandemic, it's time for an exciting announcement from the On Wisdom team...
Links:
- World After Covid site
3 min - 31: The Meaning of Wisdom Before and During the Pandemic (with Ricca Edmondson)
Does wisdom reside in particular persons, or is wisdom more about what happens between people? And if wisdom does require a social context, what are the implications of our new social distancing habits since the rise of the pandemic? Ricca Edmondson joins Igor and Charles to discuss novel ethnographic approaches to the study of wisdom, the significance of Irish funeral rituals, new lessons from old Trojan horses, and the value of framing wisdom as a social construction. Originally recorded at the start of the pandemic, Ricca returned for a retrospective at the close of the episode, to share her opinions on the meaning of wisdom in these rapidly changing times, and in our future post-pandemic society. Igor muses about big and small wisdom, and Charles asks Ricca about the world after the pandemic. Welcome to the wisdom and pandemic episode!
Special Guest: Ricca Edmondson.
Links:
- Ricca Edmondson
- The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project: Motivating the Self to Virtue in Western and non-Western Countries: Does Nation or Faith Matter More?
- Motivating the Self to Virtue in Western and non-Western Countries (2015) - video
- A Social Interpretation of Personal Wisdom - Book Chapter in The Scientific Study of Personal Wisdom (2013)
- Wisdom in Context - Igor Grossmann (2017)
- Why the Irish get Death Right (2017) - The Guardian
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What does it actually take to think wisely? On Wisdom digs into the empirical science of wisdom, judgment, and decision-making, and what it means for how we live. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom &…
Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London. Each episode pairs freewheeling conversation with guest spots from leading behavioural scientists working on reasoning, wellbeing, culture, and society. Past guests include Adam Grant, Jonathan Haidt, Paul Bloom, Shannon Vallor, Lisa Barrett, David Dunning, Mara Mather, Tom Gilovich, Laura Carstensen, Oliver Burkeman, Simine Vazire, Dacher Keltner, and more. This autumn: a five-episode special series built around the first Annual Review of Psychology chapter on wisdom since 2011, featuring fifteen scholars on narrative, metacognition, measurement, training, and the neuroscience of wise decisions.
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