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Jan 2023
48m 30s

Persuasion: Part 1

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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We all exert pressure on each other in ways small and profound. We recommend movies or books to a friend. We convince a colleague to take a different tactic at work. We lobby a neighbor to vote for our favored political candidate. This week, we launch the first of a two-part mini-series on the science of influence, and talk with psychologist Robert Cialdini ... Show More
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