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Psychology · 22 min

It's on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems

By Nick Chater

This episode dissects how the pervasive narrative of individual blame for societal problems is often a carefully constructed smokescreen. We explore how powerful entities, leveraging behavioral science, reframe systemic issues as personal failings, diverting responsibility and maintaining the status quo.

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“This episode dissects how the pervasive narrative of individual blame for societal problems is often a carefully constructed smokescreen. We explore how powerful entities, leveraging behavioral science, reframe systemic issues as personal failings, diverting responsibility and maintaining the status quo.”

— Nick Chater, It's on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society's Deepest Problems

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it's on you, systemic problems, individual blame

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Nick Chater brings a credible and useful lens to it's on you, systemic problems, individual blame, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Nick Chater

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