Ranjay Gulati

I skipped over that.

So I found there were two ways in which people cope with fear.

One was a belief in a higher power.

It's something that is very universal.

And by the way, in times of uncertainty, even in modern times, they find that people's attendance of religious institutions goes up.

So our belief in higher power increases when there is more uncertainty in our lives, it seems.

The other approach I find is interesting.

And I don't know if they're necessarily in opposition to each other.

The next one people sometimes lose.

I'm going to get more data.

I'm going to gather more data and more data and more data.

And I'm going to try and turn this uncertain situation into a certain situation.

I need to understand this completely.

And somehow I am going to nail this down.

Think about somebody getting a really difficult health diagnosis.

Some will pray and say, I hope I'm going to be okay.

Take care of me, God.

They'll also go to the doctor.

and try to see what they need to do and they'll understand their options.

But then you have others who go like the extreme.