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How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)

Freakonomics Radio
Freakonomics Radio
Episode • Mar 17, 2022 • 47m

There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be encouraging people to change their minds? And how can we get better at it ourselves?

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