How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast)

There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be encouraging people to change their minds? And how can we get better at it ourselves?

An episode of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "How to Change Your Mind (Rebroadcast)" was published on November 28, 2019 and runs 45 minutes.

November 28, 2019 ·45m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be encouraging people to change their minds? And how can we get better at it ourselves?

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