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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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