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The Broken Ladder
This episode reveals how our constant, often unconscious, comparison to others on society's 'broken ladder' profoundly shapes our psychology, choices, and even our health.
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“This episode reveals how our constant, often unconscious, comparison to others on society's 'broken ladder' profoundly shapes our psychology, choices, and even our health.”
— Keith Payne, The Broken Ladder
Inequality, Social Psychology, Decision-Making
If you've ever felt the quiet pressure of keeping up, or wondered why smart people make seemingly irrational financial choices under stress, this will illuminate the unseen forces at play, and this will help you see what to do next.
Keith Payne, a professor of psychology and neuroscience, brings a rigorous scientific lens to the often-overlooked psychological costs of inequality, revealing how our brains process relative status.