HENRICH: This probably wouldnt be in a psych textbook, but something like the Ultimatum game. (but low on "uncertainty avoidance," if that makes you feel better) This is really a conversation that pleases me a lot. The first: individualism versus collectivism. Spoiler alert: This dimension is one of the six in which the U.S. is the biggest outlier in the world. Its also important to recognize that even though were really connected, still people are largely in their echo chambers, interacting with people who they know. China, Japan, and Turkey are also tight. And it should stay there. So, today on Freakonomics Radio: can we really build a model that explains why the American psyche is so unusual? GELFAND: In the U.S., various newspapers covered the story. Very soon, there will be an Institute of Gladwell Studies. The U.S. patent database goes back into the 18th century and what a number of studies in economics as well as work in my lab has shown is that openness to other people so, trust in strangers, an inclination towards individualism, a desire to stand out, to be the smartest guy in the room fosters more rapid innovation because people are more likely to exchange ideas, theyre more interested in distinguishing themselves. But then she took a semester abroad, to London. GELFAND: And I thought, If these kinds of cultural differences are happening at the highest levels, we better start understanding this stuff.. Henrich has written about the notion of time psychology.. GELFAND: And there was discussion in the cross-cultural psychology community about how James Bakers unemotionalcommunication style was received as This is not so serious, in terms of Tariq Azizs understanding of Americans intentions. You may decide to go another way, but that doesnt make the river change. Again, its worth repeating that no culture is a monolith. An expert doesn't so much argue the various sides of an issue as plant his flag firmly on one side. And he tried all kinds of categories and groups. Were realizing that part of that push forward theres a toxicity to that in terms of how you treat other people, how you think about institutions. So the Singapore government says, Look, this is our culture The rest of that sentence didnt have to be said. Culture is not genetics or biology or individual characteristics. employees in more than 50 countries. making a claim about his individual experiences and looking for evidence. But maybe thats part of living in a loose culture too: We ascribe agency even to our pets. Gelfand says the countries that were most aggressive in trying to contain Covid tended to be tighter countries. Theyre longing for it. But Bush also wanted to avoid going to war with Iraq. In a more masculine society, men and women adhere to the gender roles you might think of as patriarchal: fathers, for instance, take care of the facts, while mothers handle the emotions. The first (and longest) chapter focuses on the role of incentives in human behavior. Do you know what you are? He was a professor in both the economics and psychology departments, which was weird in its own way lower-case weird since Henrich had never taken a course in either subject. Download Print. But thats only the first study. According to Chapter 5 of Freakonomics, there is a black-white test score gap and that gap is larger when you compare black and white students from the same school. Gelfand has spent a lot of time trying to understand how a given countrys looseness or tightness affects everyday life. HENRICH: Because Americans and Westerners more generally are psychologically unusual from a global perspective. HENRICH: Two players divide a sum of money. So the general rules of a loose or tight culture may not be consistently applied to all populations. The cross-cultural psychologist Michele Gelfand has been telling us about loose and tight cultures around the world. We see them as individuals with whom we are in competition. We promise no spam. According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we're also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity. There is a strong desire to be more feminine. This man has proof of our individualism. But somehow, that diversity and that early celebration of permissiveness has overridden that. Long Island, New York, is thebirthplace of the American suburb. Freakonomics the film, like the book, is entertaining and sometimes thought-provoking. And we see that the combination of high individualism, high masculinity, and high short-termism can produce some chaos, at the very least. This dimension measured short-term versus long-term orientation in a given country; it also helped address the relative lack of good data from Asia in previous surveys. Now, keep in mind this was London, English-speaking London not Uzbekistan or Botswana, even Mexico. But the Chinese, even rich, will be a lot more collectivistic and a lot more long-term-oriented than the Americans. But if you want to talk about humans, Homo sapiens, then you have a generalization problem. For instance, the rhythm of vaccination in the U.S.A. is very fast. In a society of small power distance, a lot. The Pros and Cons of America's (Extreme) Individualism. It always was unsustainable, but was made even more acute to us. Out into the ocean where they were caught by people on jet skis. In restrained societies, people tend to suppress bodily gratification, and birth rates are often lower; theres also less interest in things like foreign films and music. We look at how these traits affect our daily lives and why we couldnt change them even if we wanted to. And the rest is history, if you like. Greeks are very strong on that. BERT: Ernie Ernie, dont eat those cookies while youre in your bed, huh? The Aztec, the Inca, and todays Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, are very collectivistic. Now that weve taken a top-down view of how the U.S. is fundamentally different from other countries, were going to spend some time over the coming weeks looking at particular economic and social differences, having to do with policing, child poverty, infrastructure, and the economy itself. Its trying to include all the stuff that we acquire as a consequence of growing up in different environments, and contrast that with things like our sex drive, which doesnt seem to be acquired by observing others. When youre trying to understand the nature of something, an outside view can be extremely helpful. How much time have you spent thinking about what makes America, America? Whereas people from less individualistic societies tend to be better at making relative-size judgments. Controlling for a variety of other factors, they found that looser countries the U.S., Brazil, Italy, and Spain have had roughly five times the number of Covid cases and nearly nine times as many deaths as tighter countries. It means you really want to know and youre not satisfied until you know. HOFSTEDE: It means that you only need rules when youre going to use them. Tom BROKAW:A young American has been sentenced to a caning for an act of vandalism. NEWSCASTER: Wearing masks is a way of life now in Singapore. So keep your ears open for all that. And for me, its hard to divorce the toxicity of the grind from the toxicity of masculinity, when you always have to dominate. People get less interested. And they were finding that people in Africa were not falling victim to this illusion. Freakonomics Radio . The ancient Romans. One of the most important figures in economic individualism is the famous Scottish economist, Adam Smith. The book takes the form of six chapters. So I am actually optimistic. Self-centered so if you give them tasks and have them list traits about themselves, theyll tend to list their attributes and characteristics rather than their relationships. "The conventional wisdom is often wrong.". When it was time for college, Gelfand went all the way to upstate New York: Colgate University. According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we're also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity (but low on "uncertainty avoidance," if that makes you feel better). Whereas uncertainty avoidance means you have lots of etiquette and ritual. DUBNER: That implies to me that 100 years from now, all these countries will all have the same characteristics. I think those fundamental religious beliefs extend to the American view of what leadership should look like outside of the church in the corporation, in the legislatures, and what have you. It is still the case that you did have the summer of love. The legendary bestseller that made millions look at the world in a radically different way returns in a new edition, now including an exclusive discussion between the authors and bestselling professor of psychology Angela Duckworth. And I think that America has wonderful things happening to it. Now this is pretty rare to have such different groups of respondents and still find the same thing. Tightness and compliance would seem to go hand-in-hand. Caning as in a spanking, basically, on the bare buttocks, with a half-inch-thick rattan cane. Another one: impatience. And in culture, uncertainty means not knowing the ritual, not knowing how status-worthy or blameworthy some action is. HENRICH: So places like New York and London, people are blazing down the sidewalks. But then the experimenters confederates come in. They set out to explore the inner workings of a crack gang, the truth about real estate agents, the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan, and much more. It is what we got fed with our mothers milk and the porridge that our dad gave us. So the U.S. produces the sort of Wal-Mart equivalent of religions: big churches giving the people what they want, high pageantry. It's an unnatural activity that has become normal. Can that possibly be trueour culture shapes our genetics? There were a number of low offers of 15 percent, which didnt get rejected. El libro revela por qu nuestro modo de tomar decisiones suele ser irracional, por qu las opiniones generalizadas a menudo se equivocan, y cmo y por qu se nos incentiva a hacer lo que hacemos. In 1990, when Gelfand was a graduate student, she followed the news as Iraq invaded Kuwait. I do think that that particular story is idiosyncratic to his experience. So if you ask people to judge the absolute lengths of two lines, people in more individualistic societies tend to get that right. Wed rather think about solutions temporarily rather than as, this might take some time. It means that we need to attract different types of people to an organization. If basic things like visual illusions are not universal, what about other phenomena? HOFSTEDE: Yes, especially by people from Anglo countries. We just need to do it. And you could have a perfect storm in that direction. Although it is more self-help than traditional economics it shares many of the weaknesses of more serious works in the discipline. 470 Replay) Freakonomics Radio | Freakonomics Radio Publicit Annonce - 0 s 00:00 00:00 Suivant | propos Voir la description Freakonomics Radio. This suggests that every time a social scientist runs an experiment whose research subjects are WEIRD thats capital-letter WEIRD the results of that experiment may be meaningful in the U.S. and some other places, but quite likely not in others. As of today, it covers six dimensions or, as the Hofstedes put it, six basic issues that society needs to organize itself. Its called the 6-D, or 6-Dimension, Model of National Culture, and it is one of the most intriguing explanations Ive ever seen for why American society is such an outlier in the world for better and worse. HENRICH: If you go to other societies, people are much more willing to give the same wrong answer to go along with others. And by the way, in that sense, the U.S.A. is also a huge laboratory of society formation, hopefully, which is by no means finished. My husband is an attorney. HENRICH: Theres something called the Asch conformity test, where you have confederates of the experimenter give the same wrong answer to an objective problem. Like, you saw in the U.S. trying to locate Covid in sewage. Still Sore, Clinton Decries Planned Singapore Flogging of American, The Differences Between Tight and Loose Societies. So were all constraining one another through our collective culture. Its waiting to happen because people in this individualistic, indulgent society, they want to be merry. Its all the levels in the organization. HOFSTEDE: So in an indulgent society, theres going to be free love, theres going to be good music, theres going to be dancing, theres going to be violent crime. HOFSTEDE: This is actually a little bit of an unfortunate name. Thats a crazy, creative solution to try to deal with the pandemic. Because remember, threat is what can drive tightness. Most white Americans have an entirely different ancestral history. If youre violating the social order, youre going to be punished.. In our previous episode, we made what may sound like a bold claim. And in this moment, we realized that the grind is unsustainable, right? If someone acts in an inappropriate way, will others strongly disapprove in this country? Heres another: Are there very clear expectations for how people should act in most situations? In 2018, Gelfand published a book of these findings called Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World. Because $1 is more than zero, so the second player would still be better off. Henrich is saying that the export of American ideas isnt necessarily easier. Gert Jan Hofstede is a Dutch culture scholar whos been walking us through these dimensions. GELFAND: Well, it requires a lot of negotiation. But no. after? But even a loose country will tighten up when a threat arises. To that end, the digital revolution is further shrinking the distance to power. Like, you can buy them on the internet. "The typical parenting expert, like experts in other fields, is prone to sound exceedingly sure of himself. We look at how these traits affect our daily lives and why we couldnt change them even if we wanted to. This leads to less obesity, less addiction, and theres less crime in tighter cultures. What was I.B.M. Chronic threat meaning a country is prone to natural disasters, or disease, or hostile invaders. HENRICH: So, Francisco is a good pal of mine and hes also a very charming fellow. HENRICH: This cashes out in an ability to make better abstract or absolute judgment. And some advice from our new Dutch friend. They made sure to include a variety of ages, occupations, religions, social and economic classes. At the core of Freakonomics is the concept of incentives. The Pros and Cons of America's (Extreme) Individualism (Ep. Heres how he describes himself these days. We met him earlier, but just briefly; heres a proper introduction. If . So if you only want to talk about American psychology, youre fine. Michele GELFAND: Its a subfield of psychology that tries to understand whats universal, whats similar, and whats culture-specific. According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we're also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity (but low on "uncertainty avoidance," if that makes you feel better). HENRICH: If they accept the offer, they get the amount of the offer. As always, thanks for listening and again, I do hope you'll also start . Always check that your browser shows a closed lock icon and . HOFSTEDE: He decided to take a job there. HOFSTEDE: Which doesnt mean egoism, but it could go that way. The Pros and Cons of America's (Extreme) Individualism. His late father was a social psychologist who devised a system to rank countries on several dimensions including their level of individualism versus collectivism. Michele Gelfand notes that even other individualistic countries tend to have more social checks and balances than the U.S. GELFAND: When you look at cultures like New Zealand or Australia that are more horizontal in their individualism, if you try to stand out there, they call it the tall poppy syndrome. Offers went up as high as 55 or 60 percent in some places and then down around 25 percent in other places. DUBNER: I remember once, years and years ago, when I was reading this research that you were doing, speaking with Francisco Gil-White, who was then at Penn, and he told me that when he was running this Ultimatum experiment, I dont remember where I want to say Mongolia. The individual agents/brokers only take a $150 hit after their costs/fees. This is a pretty interesting result: one stranger giving away roughly half their money to another stranger when, theoretically, 10 or 20 percent would keep the second player from rejecting the offer. The Ultimatum game is famous among social scientists. GELFAND: Ill just say that there are also other contexts where we naturally tighten. In our . HOFSTEDE: That could be the case, and it is also the case that you have a sort of non-overt multiculturalism in the society. Some researchers looked at these results and came up with a new label for humans in this context: Homo reciprocans. For the last few months, the city-state has seen just a handful of Covid-19 cases. Some of the countries with high power distance: Russia, China, and Mexico. HOFSTEDE: My name is Gert Jan Hofstede. Whether proud or not, whether happy or not, it has a position. You could just do an across-the-board search of various Western religions and look at who the figureheads are. And how does this extraordinarily high level of individualism versus collectivism play out? Michele Gelfand and several co-authors recently published a study in The Lancet about how Covid played out in loose versus tight cultures. We need to have different types of leadership. One of the areas of cultural study that first hooked her had to do with optical illusions. It was there, and later on in travels in the Middle East, and working on a kibbutz, and elsewhere, that I started recognizing this really powerful force of culture that was incredibly important but really invisible. Those are the things you cant necessarily plan and account for in building models of how you expect people to react in different situations. But its not only compliance. And the Machiguenga were much closer to the predictions of Homo economicus, where youd make low offers and never reject. HENRICH: And the case I make is its been highly unsuccessful to just pick up institutions that evolved in Western societies and transport them to drop them in Africa or the Middle East or places like that, because there needs to be a fit between how people think about the world, their values, worldviews, motivations, and the affordances of the institution. I had been led to believe, by you, that you are as dumb as bricks. . Its part of our founding D.N.A. Henrich says yes. Theyre threatened by that interdependence, and they want to assert their cultural identities. GELFAND: Places in the South have tended to have more natural disasters. If youre a constrained sort of person, you wont go far in the U.S. Stephen DUBNER: Im curious whether youve ever been accused of political incorrectness in your study of national cultures. GELFAND: The next day, I booked a trip to Egypt. According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we're also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity (but low on "uncertainty avoidance," if . So why did someone succeed? She did want to measure culture, and how it differs from place to place. Michele Gelfand again: GELFAND: De Tocqueville noticed this about Americans, that we are a time is money country. A tight country like Germany tends to set strict limits on noise, with mandated quiet hours. New York City, meanwhile, has been called not just the city that never sleeps, but the city that never shuts up. Tight countries tend to have very little jaywalking, or littering or, God forbid, dog poop on the sidewalks. The U.S. is just different from other places in a variety of ways that we often dont stop to think about. Essentially, theyre the opposite of the loose attributes: tight cultures have more coordination and more self-control. The United States, you may not be surprised to learn, is on the loose end of the spectrum although not in the top five. GELFAND: Exactly. DUBNER: What problem was he, and later you, trying to solve by doing this work? In a society in which 95 percent of adults are highly literate, he writes, people have a thicker corpus callosum than a society in which only 5 percent of people are highly literate. The corpus callosum is the bunch of nerve fibers that unites the two brain hemispheres. These are stereotypical names. In a large power-distant society, you have autocracy. Consider the prominent Muppets Bert and Ernie. Theyre able to make finer distinctions in terms of their olfaction. The American model is among the most successful and envied models in the history of the world. It was back in grad school that Michele Gelfand first asked herself this question. HOFSTEDE: And blue-collar. And you dont need them for ritual reasons. HOFSTEDE: Okay, well, dont. Neal sees a strong connection between U.S. masculinity and our appetite for work. In each chapter, the authors analyze a different social issue from an economic perspective. Its more about how individuals are acted upon by the people and institutions around them. Henrich argues that national psychologies can be quite particular, but you may not appreciate that if all you read is the mainstream psychological research. I was on the phone with my dad, and I said, You know, its really crazy, all the differences between the U.K. and the U.S.. GELFAND: Well, we can look back to Herodotus. We said that a lot of good ideas and policies that work elsewhere in the world cant work in the U.S. because our culture is just different. Gert Jan HOFSTEDE: Culture is the ripples on the ocean of human nature. We are supremely WEIRD. The notion of the American Dream has long been that prosperity is just sitting out there, waiting for anyone to grab itas long as youre willing to work hard enough. So I have no doubt that his subjects really liked him. GELFAND: Like during 9/11, during World Wars, we see increases in tightness. HENRICH: You want to be the same self, regardless of who youre talking to or what context youre in. (This is part of the, competition amongst religious organizations. In other words, Americans dont just see other people as individuals. The best thing you can become is yourself. People in the less-literate society, meanwhile, would have better facial-recognition skills. Its like, Oh, my gosh, that is so amazing. I was feeling like I have to tell that to my kids as a good parent, training my kids to be vertical and individualistic. Michele Gelfand has another example of how culture shapes perception. So $10 in this case. Freakonomics is therefore NOT the book that I would recommend to anyone interested in (a) learning economic theory, (b) learning about how economists think, or (c) understanding the world or thinking of ways to improve it. data, gathered in the late 60s and early 70s. I mean, youve got your quota, as have we all, but youre not. Go out there and make it happen. on one axis and religiosity on the other axis, the U.S. is a clear and distinct outlier with high G.D.P and high religion. NEAL: We realized that the grind is unsustainable. And heres one of the people who created the WEIRD designation. The first one measures the level of individualism in a given culture, versus collectivism. We often look to other countries for smart policies on education, healthcare, infrastructure, etc. Hes horrified by my dishwasher-loading behavior. And we did find a number of learned people who had data to back up the hypothesis. Whereas if you have a state religion, it tends to get tired and old and boring. SFU will never request our users provide or confirm their Computing ID or password via email or by going to any web site. Paperback - April 22, 2020. It has to do with conformity. Well go through the other five dimensions, much faster, I promise. Yes, other phenomena like how things smell to us. GELFAND: We analyzed shifts in tightness over 200 years. The second one measures what's called "power distance." (Don't worry, we'll explain the name . Stay up-to-date on all our shows. And that really can help explain some variation not all, but some variation in norms and values. Gelfand wanted to learn where theyd get the most help. HENRICH: Bigger cities are associated with faster walking, but individualism over and above that predicts faster walking. Historically, politically, and yes culturally. So you can see that in an individualistic society, after becoming a world champion in a sport or certainly after winning a major war, people do not fight one another, but they admire one another. According to a decades-long research project, the U.S. is not only the most individualistic country on earth; we're also high on indulgence, short-term thinking, and masculinity (but low on "uncertainty avoidance," if that makes you feel better). Heres one of the questions they asked. And that is a status-worthy thing. Because for all the so-called globalization of the past half-century or so, the U.S. still differs from other countries in many ways. (That will also need some explaining.) But some cultures strictly abide by their norms. These attacks continue as I speak. You can followFreakonomics RadioonApple Podcasts,Spotify,Stitcher, orwherever you get your podcasts. So then he really knew this is not an artifact of this particular company this is real. 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