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Sep 2022
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Why You’re Not Seeing the World Clearly—...

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Jessica Nordell is a science and culture journalist who has written for the Atlantic and the New York Times. She earned a B.A. in physics from Harvard and an M.F.A. in poetry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her new book is called The End of Bias, A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias. 

Photo Credit: Leslie Plesser

In this episode we talk about: 

  • Why humans have biases
  • What happens physiologically when biases are challenged
  • Why some of the most popular personal and institutional strategies for confronting biases do not work 
  • The role that mindfulness and loving-kindness can play in reducing bias

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/jessica-nordell-rerun

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