The success of nudging techniques is quite astounding. Or at least it feels that way within my circles here in Finland. My personality is such that I don't bring up "controversial" topics (since in my experience people are both arrogant and close minded in terms of that they think they know), but surprisingly virtually everyone around me…
The success of nudging techniques is quite astounding. Or at least it feels that way within my circles here in Finland. My personality is such that I don't bring up "controversial" topics (since in my experience people are both arrogant and close minded in terms of that they think they know), but surprisingly virtually everyone around me wants to talk about the current health emergency. And when they do, they are incredibly misinformed (their "knowledge" of the mortality rates, infection rates, hospitalisations, etc, is at least exaggerated by a factor of 10)...
Then you kindly observe: "hey, have you checked official figures from the WHO?, John Hopkins?, it is a fraction of what you say" to which they will get upset. Not a single friend or relative I have remarked a thing like that have actually gone and checked official statistics. They carry on as if they were never exposed to a different opinion or data <--- even when the data comes from the sources you are supposed to trust. Nudging seems like a resounding success story.
The success of nudging techniques is quite astounding. Or at least it feels that way within my circles here in Finland. My personality is such that I don't bring up "controversial" topics (since in my experience people are both arrogant and close minded in terms of that they think they know), but surprisingly virtually everyone around me wants to talk about the current health emergency. And when they do, they are incredibly misinformed (their "knowledge" of the mortality rates, infection rates, hospitalisations, etc, is at least exaggerated by a factor of 10)...
Then you kindly observe: "hey, have you checked official figures from the WHO?, John Hopkins?, it is a fraction of what you say" to which they will get upset. Not a single friend or relative I have remarked a thing like that have actually gone and checked official statistics. They carry on as if they were never exposed to a different opinion or data <--- even when the data comes from the sources you are supposed to trust. Nudging seems like a resounding success story.