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41: Wisdom for Negative Consequences (Pt. I) - Social Support, Sympathy & Compassion, Acknowledging Uncertainty, and Balancing Diverse Interests
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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?
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 support, sympathy & compassion, acknowledging uncertainty, and balancing diverse interests in the midst of the pandemic. Igor points out that humanity has a greater capacity for accepting and managing uncertainty than we might realize, and Charles is intrigued by the often-overlooked benefits of interactions with strangers.
Featuring:
Katie McLaughlin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University
Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dilip Jeste, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego
Valerie Tiberius, Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota
Links:
- 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)
- Katie McLaughlin Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Barbara Fredrickson Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Dilip Jeste Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Valerie Tiberius Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
59 episodes
Manage episode 303943253 series 2291923
Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes 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 social support, sympathy & compassion, acknowledging uncertainty, and balancing diverse interests in the midst of the pandemic. Igor points out that humanity has a greater capacity for accepting and managing uncertainty than we might realize, and Charles is intrigued by the often-overlooked benefits of interactions with strangers.
Featuring:
Katie McLaughlin, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University
Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Dilip Jeste, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at University of California, San Diego
Valerie Tiberius, Paul W. Frenzel Chair in Liberal Arts and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Minnesota
Links:
- 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)
- Katie McLaughlin Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Barbara Fredrickson Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Dilip Jeste Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
- Valerie Tiberius Interview — full interview and transcript on the World After Covid site
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