A new episode of Global Optimum has been released! Global Optimum is a podcast aimed at making altruists more effective. This episode is about social status, hypocrisy, signaling, hormones, and politics.
This episode features:
-Why does men’s testosterone go down when they fall in love?
-Does “power posing” have any psychological effects?
-What is “humblebragging” and why does it pervade social media?
-Is our preference for democracy really a preference for high status?
-What is self-esteem?
-How to increase self-esteem (the answer is disappointing)
-How to act high status (the answer is not disappointing)
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A new episode of Global Optimum has been released! Global Optimum is a podcast aimed at making altruists more effective. This episode is about social status, hypocrisy, signaling, hormones, and politics.
This episode features:
-Why does men’s testosterone go down when they fall in love?
-Does “power posing” have any psychological effects?
-What is “humblebragging” and why does it pervade social media?
-Is our preference for democracy really a preference for high status?
-What is self-esteem?
-How to increase self-esteem (the answer is disappointing)
-How to act high status (the answer is not disappointing)
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