# Richard Nisbett

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#201 Understanding the Bystander Effect: Why We Don't Always Come to the Rescue

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever hesitated to act in an emergency, thinking someone else will surely step in? This episode peels back the layers of our psychology to reveal why our instincts might not always lead to heroism. Drawing from a segment in Daniel Kahneman's "Thinking Fast and Slow," I delv…

We've Forgotten How to Disagree

I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. * Voltaire I enter into discussion and argument with great freedom and ease, inasmuch as opinion meets opinion. * Michel de Montaigne Somewhere along the tech-billionaire-paved way, our arguments turned into batt…

How Asians and Westerners Think Differently? Prof. Richard Nisbett Explains

Prof. Richard Nisbett, Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Research Professor Emeritus at the Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, shares insights from his widely acclaimed book, The Geography of Tho…

43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett)

A disturbing thought - might it be impossible for us to directly observe the workings of our minds? Richard Nisbett joins Igor and Charles to discuss a life lived on the cutting edge of behavioral sciences in the second part of the 20th Century. He shares tales from his groundbreaking research into…

From Campus to Cosmos: ETH Zurich’s Space Vision with Marco Tempest and Nanja Strecker

ETH Zurich is reaching for the stars – literally. In this special episode of We Are ETH, host Susan Kish speaks with techno-magician Marco Tempest and innovation strategist Dr. Nanja Strecker, two visionary forces behind ETH Zurich’s rapidly growing space ecosystem. They explore how ETH is transfor…

A Cultural Psychology Conversation with Deborah Ko

In this episode, host Emma Bellamy-Dodd sits down with cultural psychologist Deborah Ko for an eye-opening conversation on identity, belonging, and adaptation across cultures. Deborah shares her personal experiences growing up at the intersection of American and Hong Kong backgrounds, and reveals h…

Richard Nisbett on Flawed Reasoning and Societies (Podcast)

Bloomberg Opinion columnist Barry Ritholtz speaks with social psychologist Richard Nisbett, an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan who has studied how culture affects cognitive processes, among other issues. He is the author of several books, including "The Geography of Thought," "Inte…

Tom Gilovich On the Spotlight Effect

Tom Gilovich finds it fun to study the whys and wherefores of how human beings make sense of the information delivered by the world around them. And why not, he explains to interviewer David Edmonds in this Social Science Bites podcast. "We're dynamic, very complicated creatures who do all sorts …

16 Books That Shaped Us

It's the Book Episode!!! Marko and Jacob turn their usual geopolitical sparring into a book draft: eight titles each, no rules, no rankings, just the texts that actually built their analytical muscle <3 The cousin picks span philosophy, fiction, psychology, and history. Machiavelli's The Prince op…

Stop Doing Things the Hard Way with Dr. Angela Duckworth

When we’re struggling to reach a goal, most of us assume the answer is to buckle down and try harder. But what if all that white-knuckling is actually making things more difficult than they need to be? Dr. Laurie speaks with psychologist Angela Duckworth, best known for her groundbreaking work on …