Elon Musk and What Makes an Organization Trustworthy

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“Tell us how you think about trust,” a moderator said to Elon Musk.

David Sloan Wilson: “Chickens, Cooperation, and a Pro-social World”

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In this episode of The Great Simplification, host Nate Hagens speaks with David Sloan Wilson about how evolution can be used to explain and understand modern human behavior, particularly with respect to cooperation and pro-social behavior.

The Race to Cooperation

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In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, Adam speaks with Andrea Jones-Rooy, a data scientist who’s skeptical about data (as well as a comedian).

Why Humans Thrive on Rituals

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Perhaps most importantly, rituals help solve the central challenge of getting large groups of fiercely tribal primates to cooperate.

3 Things That Could Start to Restore Voters’ Declining Faith in US Elections

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The 2022 U.S. midterm elections ran relatively smoothly and faced few consequential accusations of fraud or mismanagement.

Misinformation Is Not As Persuasive As People Fear

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In 2017, Collins Dictionary crowned “fake news” its word of the year.

Democracy in the Next Cycle of History

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https://youtu.be/SbUViuFITTI In this conversation with Long Now co-founders Stewart Brand and Kevin Kelly, Jonathan Haidt discusses the prospects for democracy in an age of spiraling polarization. He touches on technological optimism,…

Torn Between Keeping People Happy and Delivering Company Results? Do Both

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The great resignation. Quiet quitting. The great reset. Mass exodus.

What Have We Learned About Business and Ethics from the Pandemic Discussion Series: Part One

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In this episode of the Work in Progress podcast, host Christopher Michaelson is joined by Alison Taylor and Ed Freeman to discuss profit and price-gouging during the pandemic and to what extent the cost of doing business has been externalized onto stakeholders.