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Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Released Sunday, 24th October 2021
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Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Reflections on Wisdom in the World after Covid

Sunday, 24th October 2021
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Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes after the pandemic?In the last episode of the World After Covid miniseries, 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 (https://worldaftercovid.info/) project. Four final responses are selected, covering themes of big picture focus on what's important, shared humanity, long-term orientation, and political structural change in the midst of the pandemic. Igor reflects on how the immediate context can dramatically influence even experts' forecasts, and Charles is forced to question his cherished belief that people are ultimately good.Featuring:Barry Schwartz (https://www.swarthmore.edu/profile/barry-schwartz), Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Swarthmore College and a visiting Professor at the Haas School of Business at BerkeleyNicholas Christakis (https://sociology.yale.edu/people/nicholas-christakis), Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale UniversityAnand Menon (https://www.linkedin.com/in/anand-menon-6a820a7/?originalSubdomain=uk), Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College LondonMichael Bond (https://mm.polyu.edu.hk/people/academic-staff/prof-michael-harris-bond/), Cross-cultural social psychologist with focus on locating Chinese interpersonal processes in a multi-cultural space

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