Angela Duckworth

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490 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Sep 2026 last heard 1 Sep

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Passion Struck with John R. Miles · World-Leading Psychologist: How to Change Your Life by Changing What’s Around You | Angela Duckworth - EP 814 · 1 Sep 2026 podcast

No, that can't be. matched

I really think the research on status quo bias is relevant here. matched

So there's research, John, as that people truly cling to the familiar, even when they say they yearn for change. matched

And that bias to keep doing things the way we've been doing them, to keep eating the things that we've been eating, to keep hanging out with the same people. matched

That we hang out with or not hang out with anyone, which I think is a habit that a lot of people are in these days, which is something that I think really needs to change. matched

I think it's so strong, this kind of psychological inertia that keeps us doing things the same way as we've done them before. matched

And what the research shows is that even in high-stakes medical decisions, like even when the change is clearly matched

better, people still have a bias toward the status quo. matched

It's interesting that you could you could offer the word the fifty percent versus some people call it the five percent problem, which is like matched

Five percent of people will use a technology for what the technology can do. matched

95% of people, some would argue, don't look at Khan Academy. matched

Khan Academy is a terrific learning resource. matched

I mean for free. matched

You can get world-class tutoring from Sal Khan himself, possibly the world's best teacher. matched

And five percent of Khan Academy users, they come back, they learn calculus, they learn statistics, they learn programming. matched

Yeah. matched

And then 95% of people. matched

Don't come back to this free online 24-7 friendly UX awesome platform. matched

You can tell I'm interested in the topic of behavior change. matched

I know you're friends with my collaborator Katie Milkman. matched

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