Episode 10: Actor-Observer Bias – It’s Not Me; But It’s You

Phil and Steve talk about the Fundamental Attribution Error / Actor Observer Bias and how to use it to maintain empathy for others. They also touched on free will, internalized capitalism, compassion, and meritocracy.

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Concept Simple Summary

“When others do something bad, they’re bad. When you do something bad, it’s not your fault”

Citations

• Fundamental Attribution Error / Actor Observer Bias
• Fallacy of Change
• Priming
• Cognitive Reframing
• “My Trauma Response Triggers Your Trauma” Video
• Culture and the Development of Everyday Social Explanation (Miller, 1984)
• Culture of Honor (Brief introduction, compared to other subcultures)
• Video on Laziness (Mia Mulder – We Are Working Too Hard)
• Paul Lafargue – The Right to be Lazy
• Paul Stamets 
• Meritocracy
• Laissez-faire Capitalism
• The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits (I put it down)
• The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J. Sandel (The better book of the two)
• Steve’s Instagram (Steve.Rose.Phd)
• Chasing the Scream by Johann Harari
• Sam Harris – Final Thoughts on Free Will
• Self-Compassion by Dr. Kristin Neff
• Phil’s Article against Free Will (“Are You Truly Free?” on HittingEject.com)
• Fatalism
• Determinism
• Attribution Theory
• Sam Harris – The Boundaries of Self
• Altered Traits by Daniel Goleman
• Ultimate Attribution Error
• Essentialism