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55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?

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55. What Changes Will Stick When the Pandemic Is Gone?

No Stupid Questions

Jan 04
No Stupid Questions

No Stupid Questions

Jan 04
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Also: would you take a confirmation-bias vaccine? This episode originally aired on June 6th, 2021. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Highlights

The pandemic reshaped how we work, connect, and think—but not always in the ways we expected. As routines shifted and isolation became the norm, deeper questions emerged about human behavior and the lasting effects of this global pause.
05:59
Serendipitous social collisions are missing in remote life
13:15
mRNA and other medical technologies from the pandemic will be applied in more arenas
23:34
People see the same event differently due to priming and selective attention.
26:48
Human quirks and biases may be worth preserving despite their flaws

Chapters

How did working from home change us—productivity gains versus the erosion of work-life balance?
00:00
What did we learn about ourselves when face-to-face connections vanished?
05:59
Did the pandemic really change society—or were we just briefly interrupted?
11:24
Why do we see what we want to see, and how does that shape our world?
17:40
Could we vaccinate ourselves against biased thinking—and should we?
26:48

Transcript

Mike Maughan: Whenever I hear the phrase really annoying people, I just immediately join that tribe in my head. I'm Angela Duckworth, I'm Mike Maughan. Angela Duckworth: And you're listening to No Stupid Questions. Stephen Dubner: Today on the show, what...