Thought Cages
15/02/2019
57 minutes
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Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas Show more
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57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas Show more
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Rory Sutherland pokes a stick at received wisdom, beginning with an exploration of whether society should aim to have less, not more, higher education Show more
14 minutes
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Rory Sutherland smashes apart more received wisdom with a look at whether a warm and caring NHS can ever be a truly successful NHS Show more
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Rory Sutherland explores how ego massage can be a powerful weapon to boost the value of desirable actions, and how shame can take a role when the vanity card fails Show more
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Rory Sutherland concludes his series of psycho-logical hacks with a look at how e-commerce is now using behavioural and cognitive science to forge a path to total retail dominance Show more
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Rory Sutherland explodes received wisdom. Today he investigates the gentle art of self-deception – how we have evolved to deceive ourselves… in order to better fool others. Show more
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Why are we so susceptible to signs of commitment? Rory Sutherland looks at how so-called ‘discretionary behaviours’ are a weapon of choice for businessses Show more
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Rory Sutherland continues his exploration of psycho-logic with a look at why reason has been dropped as the weapon of choice when it comes to persuading us to change our behaviour Show more
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Rory Sutherland unravels conventional ideas. Today: why the market research industry tells us very little – because people don’t know (or won’t admit) what matters to them. Show more
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Rory Sutherland pokes a stick at received wisdom. In today’s episode, he explores whether we would be better off selecting our MPs at random from the general public. Show more
14 minutes
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Rory Sutherland pokes a stick at received wisdoms. Today, whether our obsession with trying to measure gender diversity by 'rational' metrics has made society less equitable. Show more
57 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Rory Sutherland explores a selection of fresh, intriguing and iconoclastic ideas Show more