84 - Jesse Singal - The Quick Fix [Public Limited Version]

Preorders are very important to writers. Get hold of Jesse’s book here:
https://bookshop.org/books/the-quick-fix-why-fad-psychology-can-t-cure-our-social-ills/9780374239800

You can find Blocked and Reported here:
https://www.patreon.com/blockedandreported/posts

Jesse’s substack is here:
https://jessesingal.substack.com/

Further References
Christoph on Twitter @halalcoholism

Will Storr, Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us (2017)

Here’s How Cornell Scientist Brian Wansink Turned Shoddy Data Into Viral Studies About How We Eat (buzzfeednews.com):
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/brian-wansink-cornell-p-hacking

Russian Roulette - Derren Brown | FULL EPISODE! - YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBjyCCxOEUQ

Daniel Dresner, The Ideas Industry (2017)

Angela Duckworth, Grit: Why Passion and Resilience Are the Secrets to Success (2017)

Amy Cuddy: Your body language may shape who you are | TED Talk:
https://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_may_shape_who_you_are?language=en

Timestamps
03:51 Positive psychology and comprehensive soldier fitness
12:45 Thought leader mode vs. public intellectual mode
15:11 More on grit
21:09 The obsession with half-baked ideas
23:19 Primeworld
30:41 The superpredator panic
33:04 The jangle fallacy
37:00 The IAT (Implicit Association Test) and the fracturing of American society
46:30 How to avoid being fooled by bad psychology