How peer pressure built a $5 billion fitness revolution

Nudge - Marketing Science Podcast by Phill Agnew

May 18, 202621:55Business

In Singapore, a group of runners charge 50p per kilometre to run on strangers' Strava accounts. That's how far people will go to look fit online. This episode explains the psychology behind why being watched changes ever...

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