Hidden Brain
Shankar Vedantam explains everyday judgment with behavioral science, claims traceable to experiments and papers
TopicsIdeas
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1:38:54Hidden Brain
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When Conversations Go Wrong, It's Usually Not Malice — the Rhythms Just Don't Line Up
The same silence reads as polite waiting to one person and as a dead air to the other; an interruption is completed by two people — one starts talking, the other stops. Misunderstanding is hard to resolve because we have no language to talk about this layer at all.
8 Points
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CommunicationCross-cultural
1:26:21Hidden Brain
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One Jolt Can Show You Your Life Clearly, but Quitting on Impulse Usually Ends in Regret
Life's turning points are often not the product of rational deliberation but of a single unexpected event that kicks a person out of autopilot; yet research shows quitting on impulse usually ends in regret, and the smartest response is sometimes to stay put.
8 Points
7 Quotes
Career decisionsPsychology