THE MIND REPORT - Paul Bloom and Barry Schwartz

On this week's Mind Report from bloggingheads.tv, Paul Bloom, professor of psychology at Yale University, speaks with Barry Schwartz, the Dorwin Cartwright Professor of Social Theory and Social Action in the psychology department at Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Schwartz is author of The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (2005), Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to Do the Right Thing (2011), and The Battle for Human Nature: Science, Morality and Modern Life (1987), among other books. Bloom is the author of Descartes' Baby: How the Science of Child Development Explains What Makes Us Human (2005) and How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like (2011), as well as other books.

Paul Bloom (Yale University) and Barry Schwartz (Swarthmore College)

Barry explains the paradox of choice 5:11

Why you should settle for "good enough" 9:23

What Medicare Part D gets wrong about psychology 8:09

Can the market correct for the surplus of choice? 6:16

When rules are not enough 10:00

Barry: Make college admissions into a lottery 9:57

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Recorded: Apr 23 Posted: Apr 27, 2013
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LINKS MENTIONED:

• Barry's book, "The Paradox of Choice"
• New Yorker cartoon on Brown vs. Yale
• Thaler and Sunstein's book, "Nudge"
• Barry's TED talk on wisdom
• Atul Gawande's book, "The Checklist Manifesto"
• Gawande on 80/20 in medicine
• Barry on college admissions