Social Science, Ideology, Culture, & History
Social science gives us ideas about human nature. What does it mean for the science when those ideas don’t just describe our nature, but shape it?
August 22nd, 2024
human nature
April 05th, 2022
Incorrect Ideas About ‘Why We Work’ Warp Our Organizations … And Our Views of Human Nature
Barry Schwartz on why we work and what the dismal state of our workplaces tells us about the power of our theories of human nature to shape our world—even if those theories are false.
July 24th, 2017
Barry Schwartz: The Idea that Shaped My Career
The “finding” from outside psychology that most influenced me—indeed it essentially shaped my entire career—was not so much a “finding” as an argument.
