Why Do We Want What We Can’t Have? (NSQ Ep. 68)

Also: why are humans still so tribal?

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Relevant Research & References

Here’s where you can learn more about the people and ideas in this episode:

SOURCES

• Lindsey Vonn, U.S. professional skier.
• Michael Lewis, journalist and bestselling author.
• Adam Grant, professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.
• Jonathan Haidt, professor of ethical leadership at New York University.
• Muzafer Sherif, (deceased) social psychologist.
• Henri Tajfel, (deceased) social psychologist at the University of Oxford.
• Mina Cikara, associate professor of psychology at Harvard University.
• Sarah Elizabeth Gaither, assistant professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University.

RESOURCES

• Rise: My Story, by Lindsey Vonn (2022).
• “Diversity and Performance in Entrepreneurial Teams,” by Sophie Calder-Wang, Paul A. Gompers, and Kevin Huang (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021).
• “The Queer Opposition to Pete Buttigieg, Explained,” by Masha Gessen (The New Yorker, 2020).
• “‘Racial Impostor Syndrome’: Here Are Your Stories,” by Lean Donnella (Code Switch, 2018).
• “The Age Of Outrage: What It’s Doing To Our Universities, And Our Country,” by Jonathan Haidt (2017).
• “Us and Them: Intergroup Failures of Empathy,” by Mina Cikara, Emile G. Bruneau, and Rebecca R. Saxe (Current Directions in Psychological Science, 2017).
• “Is Obama Black Enough?” by Ta-Nehisi Paul Coates (TIME, 2007).
• “An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict,” by Henri Tajfel and Josh Turner (Organizational Identity, 2004).

EXTRAS

• Robbers Cave Experiment.
• WorkLife with Adam Grant: A TED original podcast.

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