048: Dan Ariely on trust, insurance & conspiracy theories

It's a cracker this week on A Load of BS as I welcome my partner BEworks' co-founder, behavioural science leading light, writer, practitioner and speaker, Dan Ariely.Beyond his numerous entrepreneurial ventures, Dan is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Economics at Duke University and has written seminal books like Predictably Irrational and Irrationally Yours. He's a multi time TED speaker and recognised globally as one of behavioural science's most foremost, original thinkers.Show notesThe story of Dan’s half beard, how he accepts and understands himselfPersecution by the COVID deniers (joining the Bill Gates club)Translating BS stories into the real world: tinkering and rethinking techniquesWhat if we don’t know how to eat, exercise, sleep, have a good relationship? What would you do differently? Gaps of understanding, pools for improvementEnd of life: how do we make that chapter the best of the lives?When spouses have a joint checking account, they spend and fight lessThe anticipation of getting a kiss from your favourite movie starInsurance and misaligned incentives: a cycle of distrust and abuseRemoving conflicts of interestLoss of value in truth telling in societyROI in cash handouts in international development: trust is the lubricant of the worldCrypto currency concerns: takes trust out of the equationPodcast music: Tamsin Waley-Cohen's Mendelssohn's violin concertoCheck out my partner BEworksSubscribe for more hereClick here to access rewards to power your brainFollow me on Twitter Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.