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We are exposed to so much popular culture everyday that it's astounding. You've seen more stories than Shakespeare, you've heard more music than Mozart, you've seen more diverse images than Caravaggio. And we are more influenced by this culture
The medium of television has some very deep concerns for psychologists. The more we learn about it, the more we know how such a powerful medium can change the way people work together. In the second half of the 20th Century, the Sitcom became t
The defining characteristic of our culture is the ability to tell stories. Stories have guided the fabric of our culture since our larynx became capable of speech. We learn through stories what the expectations are of our culture, who we should
The music industry does something really amazing: it creates identity templates and invites us to reform ourselves through them. This makes us easier to predict, easier to please, and much, much easier to sell to.
American music reflects the dichotomy of the country: great wealth and oppression. Popular music in America has always been the voice of the counterculture, the voice of the working class (or slave), and the spirit behind that culture is what m
Wrapping up our talk about advertising, let's go full-foil-hat and take a look at the underside of advertising that we would rather avoid. Advertisements are sneaking into our daily lives, grabbing our attention in ever more engaging ways, embe
Why do some people consider ads "harmful?" Part of it has to do with the amazing power they have to perpetuate stereotypes. When stereotypes become powerful, they become expectations; when expectations get out of hand, they become demands. Adve
Having covered the cultural groundwork on which popular culture is built, we are finally now able to discuss advertising. Responsible for nearly 20% of the American economy, advertising is a huge presence in all of our lives. The first and more
Our popular culture is based on a rather vague, idealistic notion that is most often called "The American Dream." It's a dream of wealth, success, and, ultimately, "more." This is the very foundation on which advertising, television, the intern
Most people haven't spent enough time with the question of "Who you are?" We take for granted the world that we perceive through the bodies we inhabit and the stories we've been told. This episode kicks off Season 3 with a broad look at culture
In this season (and, perhaps, series) finale, we recap what exactly we are trying to do here: we are thinking about thinking and considering our options when it comes to how we choose to pilot our lives. By being mindful of our thinking, not in
You cannot control the circumstances of your life. You are in an environment that you didn't choose, working with values that you didn't choose, trying to choose to do something that matters to you. Your sphere of influence is exceedingly limit
The primary way in which we humanize ourselves is through fiction. Sounds like an insane hyperbole, but fiction is the distinctive factor of personhood, above all else. Through fiction, we have built massive social structures, directed collecti
How we talk might seem like it makes sense, is natural, and is the right way to communicate; however, many, many arbitrary habits and norms have been built into how we code our own communication. While we communicate directly, indirectly, and t
Logic, intelligence, and strategy are great, but as great as those things are, they are not good predictors of happiness, wealth, or success. One place where the structure of formalized education really fails us is in dealing with emotional int
Hopefully, by now, you've begun to distrust some of the conclusions that you come to. I don't want you to question your own alignment here, wondering if you're in fact a good person or not or whatever, but to question the justifications and bas
Not being boring about actual information can be a challenge, but herein, we try. How we are informed about the happenings of the world is important to how firmly and reliably we understand the outside world. This is something that we can all t
We construct a narrative that paints us in a pleasing light, not matter how far we may stray from the ideals that we think we hold dear. Our brains are excellent at doubling-down on bad decisions in an effort to resolve the dissonance in our he
We have a high degree of confidence in ourselves; in our opinions, our understanding, and our daily version of the world that we see around us. We also have a high degree of confidence in the experts around us, of every walk. However, we probab
Why do we bother with the formality of skepticism and the scientific method? These ideas seem so familiar as to represent basis of how we normally think, but this falls into yet another one of those cognitive illusions that we are so prone. The
Common Sense is often relied upon for making big decisions. In many, everyday ways, it serves well because you are navigating a world that is familiar and even repetitive. However, when interacting with larger groups of people, when interacting
Being smart is great. But even a smart person is open to misinformation, poor thinking, and crappy decision making. Thinking skills are not hardwired, but are systems that are taught and learned, even if you don't know that they're happening. T
In the Season One Finale, we wrap up any loose ends and solve every problem that had been left on the table in the previous 13 episodes. Okay, not quite, but we do talk about our overall notion of reality and why allowing it to be disturbed and
While striving to be better and to learn how to make things better is a great thing, perfectionism has a tendency to stop people in their tracks. The idea that perfection exists and is attainable is more like a defense mechanism than it is a wo
Intellectuals tend to see the body as the thing that carries their head around so that it can do important things. Much to their disappointment, the brain cannot be separated from the body and more effectively than the mind can be separated fro
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