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Adventure III · 5 episodes

Other People

What other people make of us

Do you really think for yourself?

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  • about 62 min
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  • Psychology · Economics · Language · History
Illustration: in the snow, British and German soldiers shake hands and exchange gifts around a small fir tree.
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In this adventure…

  • You will judge lines under the gaze of a group.
  • You will play against strategies, and sometimes against your own interest.
  • You will discover a fortune lying at the bottom of the sea.
  • You will press a button without knowing why.

What’s inside: 5 episodes with experiments, 3 episodes with bets.

The episodes

  1. The Sixth SubjectFive strangers answer before you. They are all wrong.A group can make you doubt your own eyes. A single ally is enough to set you free. 13 min
    • Experiments
    • Bets
  2. The Christmas TruceA stranger offers you $2 out of $10. Do you accept?Why do we cooperate when betrayal would pay more? The answer fits in four lines of code… and one night in 1914. 13 min
    • Experiments
  3. Words That Make You See“Bouba” or “kiki”? You already know.Every language carves up the world in its own way, and each one changes a little of what we see. 12 min
    • Experiments
    • Bets
  4. The Stone at the Bottom of the SeaThis $50 bill: what is the paper really worth?Money is neither gold nor paper. It is a fiction we all believe in at the same time. 12 min
    • Experiments
    • Bets
  5. The Pigeon and the ScreenA button. Nothing forces you to press it.Your attention has become the most coveted resource in the world. Here is how it gets captured. 12 min
    • Experiments

You will meet

  • SASolomon Asch1907 – 1996
  • SMStanley Milgram1933 – 1984
  • Old photograph: Ferdinand de Saussure in profile, with a mustache and a dark suit.Ferdinand de Saussure1857 – 1913
  • Black-and-white photograph: B. F. Skinner, in a suit and glasses, looks to the left.B. F. Skinner1904 – 1990
  • Old photograph: William James, with a gray beard, looks at the camera.William James1842 – 1910

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