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Rational Ritual
This episode explores Michael Suk-Young Chwe's 'Rational Ritual,' revealing how 'common knowledge'—knowing that everyone else knows—is the invisible force driving collective action, social norms, and the surprising rationality behind public rituals and advertising. It's the hidden architecture shaping our shared reality.
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“This episode explores Michael Suk-Young Chwe's 'Rational Ritual,' revealing how 'common knowledge'—knowing that everyone else knows—is the invisible force driving collective action, social norms, and the surprising rationality behind public rituals and advertising. It's the hidden architecture shaping our shared reality.”
— Michael Suk-Young Chwe, Rational Ritual
common knowledge, collective action, social norms
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of common knowledge, collective action, social norms and better judgment in how they apply it.
Michael Suk-Young Chwe brings a credible and useful lens to common knowledge, collective action, social norms, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.