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On Wisdom features a social-cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom &...
What can insights from the psychology of technology teach us about wisdom in the age of AI? In this special follow-up episode, Igor and Char...
What happens when we ask our own fantastic listeners — and AI — what it means to live wisely? In this episode, Igor and Charles hand the mic...
Is religious belief a form of make-believe — and if so, what deeper truths might we be acting out? Neil Van Leeuwen joins Igor and Charles t...
Are your choices really your own — or are they quietly shaped by the people around you? Nicholas Christakis joins Igor and Charles to reveal...
Can AI ever be truly wise, or are we just seeing reflections of ourselves? Philosophy Professor Shannon Vallor joins Igor and Charles to exp...
What happens when philosophers start running experiments? Edouard Machery joins Igor and Charles to explain the principles of experimental p...
Can our political identities get in the way of wise action, even on existential issues like climate change? Leaf Van Boven and David Sherman...
Why do we have such a hard time figuring out what we’re feeling? Alan Fiske joins Igor and Charles to unravel the mystery of emotions, revea...
Can our expectations about ourselves and others reshape our lives? Science writer David Robson returns to explore how our expectations don’t...
Can we create wise robots? Kerstin Dautenhahn joins Igor and Charles to dive into the intriguing world of social robots, the finer points of...
Can we ever really know ourselves, or are we destined to always make overly optimistic self-assessments? David Dunning joins Igor and Charle...
Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his ne...
How can we make AI wiser? And could AI make us wiser in return? Sina Fazelpour joins Igor and Charles to discuss the problem of bias in algo...
What actually are “emotions” and how are they made? Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Igor and Charles to discuss what we’ve got right and what we’...
How can you persuade someone who disagrees with you on everything? In this episode, we discover the secrets of political persuasion with Rob...
Imagine gathering hard-earned lessons from survivors of human trafficking in Nepal, middle school children in Afghanistan, refugees in Europ...
How do we respond wisely to foolish behaviour in the workplace? Tessa West joins Igor and Charles to talk about the most common types of ‘je...
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What does goal-setting have to do with wisdom and how do we pick wise goals? Ayelet Fishbach joins Igor and Charles to discuss the dangers o...
Is "the spectrum" a more helpful way to think about the world than "categories"? Tom Gilovich joins Igor and Charles to discuss the perils o...
(First Broadcast - 21st June 2020) What is the value of wisdom in the time of the global pandemic? Does the community of behavioural scienti...
(First Broadcast - 4th November 2019) Does that which doesn’t kill you make you weaker? Should we always follow our emotions? Is life a batt...
(First Broadcast - 28th December 2018) Can we design our workplaces to generate wiser behaviour? Why do we work anyway, and would we still w...
Igor and Charles return with a special announcement for On Wisdom listeners ...
A disturbing thought - might it be impossible for us to directly observe the workings of our minds? Richard Nisbett joins Igor and Charles t...
Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes after the pandemic? In the...
Which kind of wisdom will people need to master to overcome major negative societal and/or psychological changes after the pandemic? Igor an...
Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandem...
Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant negative societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandem...
What kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic? Igor and Charles...
What kind of wisdom will people need to capitalize on the positive societal and/or psychological change after the pandemic? Igor and Charles...
Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandem...
Which domain or aspect of social life will show the most significant positive societal and/or psychological change in response to the pandem...
What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss re...
What one piece of wisdom is important to give to people now to help them make it through the pandemic? Igor and Charles share and discuss re...
After 2 and a half years of podcasting, 30+ episodes, 50,000+ downloads, and one global pandemic, it's time for an exciting announcement fro...
Does wisdom reside in particular persons, or is wisdom more about what happens between people? And if wisdom does require a social context,...
Despite the common stereotype of ‘older and crankier,’ psychologists suggest we become more positive as we age. Why? Do our aging brains bec...
What is the value of wisdom in the time of the global pandemic? Does the community of behavioural scientists studying wisdom agree on anythi...
Is happiness research even relevant in such times of crisis, or is focusing on our happiness simply a luxury we can no longer afford? And, w...
Though there is a lot of talk about diversity in the workplace, “age diversity” is often overlooked. Might there even be an emerging mission...
Bad things happen to all of us. But why do some people grow wiser, while others simply grow bitter? What do scientists do to reliably measur...
Is the “business-as-usual” approach to science in crisis? Does the public have a good grasp of how scientific knowledge is really generated?...
Are people being reasonable when they act irrationally? Doesn’t rationality and reasonableness mean the same thing? Charles and Igor kick of...
Does that which doesn’t kill you make you weaker? Should we always follow our emotions? Is life a battle between good people and bad people?...
Patients always receive treatment in agreement with the best scientific evidence available, right? Well, no. Not really. Clinical practition...
We live in confusing times. Politics is polarizing. Opinions clash on many topics leading to heated discussions. Take environmental change a...
What exactly is ‘awe’ and does it bring us, as individuals or as a society, any benefit? Dacher Keltner joins Igor and Charles to discuss wh...
Can an individual really change a culture? Adam Grant joins Igor and Charles to discuss cultures of non-conformity and giving in the workpla...
How did politics get so damn polarised? Jay Van Bavel joins Igor and Charles to discuss political polarisation, the partisan brain, the inex...