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Rory Sutherland

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The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

No, no, no.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

But I mean, you've got to be 59 to notice this.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

A lot of it happens over quite a long time, Frank.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

It's been a search.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I've got a theory that all British men would wear shorts all the time if it weren't for social pressure.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I also think, for example...

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Okay, here's an interesting one.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I don't know if you're into perineal sunning.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

What is this?

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

It's a Buddhist practice where you basically expose your perineum to direct sunlight.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

I think that a fairly large proportion of the population are...

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

by naturists to an extent, by which I don't mean wandering around the streets with their schlongs out.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

But I mean that on a beach, in a field, in sunny weather, in some sort of privacy, they would like to wander around with no clothes on because it's good for you.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

It exposes your whole body to sunlight.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

You get a lot of vitamin D. It's generally healthful.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And my argument about sunbathing is evolution made it pretty enjoyable.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

Maybe it's not all bad.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

And there are some schools of thought in dermatology, which made a case that actually weirdly, although it enhances the risk of skin cancer, it improves cardiovascular health.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

So there was a study actually among Swedes where there was a higher instance of skin cancer among Swedish sunbed addicts, but they actually had a higher life expectancy, which they didn't expect.

The Knowledge Project
How to Think Like a World-Class Marketer | Rory Sutherland

So quite often, you see, what we do is we measure the narrow effect of a behavior, but not the broader effect.