Gemma Speig
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1,085 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 7 May
Gemma Speig’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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They leverage very much unconsciously the psychological power of scarcity.
And the fact that their approval and belonging to their group is not for everyone.
They literally, the reason being friends with these people is so attractive is because you know that not everybody can do it.
Literally, there have been so many papers on this that show exclusivity and this not everyone can have it feeling drive people to do very irrational things.
That's been examined mostly like in an economic context.
So think like Hermes bags, think luxury goods, think trending products, think like labooboos are a great example of how scarcity drives people to do irrational things.
It also applies to relationships.
It also applies to
our social lives as well.
You know, at the same time, just to use that high school example again, I'd also wager that the older you get, the more you realize that you actually don't really respect those people today as an adult, as much as you thought you did when you were at school.
And you realize the embarrassing things you maybe did to impress them when, for what, for what reason?
I remember there was this guy I knew at college and
who for whatever reason, I'm sure he had a reason.
He probably did have his reasons, but he didn't like me very much.
And he made it very, very, very well known that he was not a fan of me.
And it made me feel, I distinctly remember feeling like I was like five years old again.
And because of his obvious disdain, like I was constantly then trying to impress him
trying to prove that he should like me.
And honestly, I can look back at that now and be like, that made me look really pathetic.
But also it made me even more stressed and anxious, which probably only increased the severity of the traits that I possessed that he didn't like originally.
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