Mass Shootings, Racism, and the Rise of Nazism: The Dangers of Habituation | Amanpour and Company

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Published 2024-03-15
In his new book, “Look Again: The Power of Noticing What Was Always There," Cass R. Sunstein explores the concept of habituation, and how disrupting our well-worn routines can renew our days and reset our brains. The author, a Harvard Law professor and presidential adviser, joins Walter Isaacson to discuss the key to a happier and more fulfilled life.

Originally aired on March 15, 2024

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All Comments (21)
  • @poemandres
    It's insane how much society has fallen as someone who was around in the 70's and 80's, here we are being warned of the fall of Democracy, the Rise of Fascism, Religious Theocracy, and Nzi's...what the heck happened?
  • @willardchi2571
    People are habituated to the super wealthy and corporations paying no taxes. People are also habituated to elected officials being uncannily lucky stock pickers, over and over and over, and yet still being reelected. People are habituated to supreme court justices accepting generous gifts from billionaires and people are habituated to there being a revolving door between positions as financial regulators in government and positions as CEO's on Wall Street. People are habituated to a different systems of justice for the wealthy and for the poor.
  • @JasonGafar
    I love Cass Sustein! He is just so incredibly inspiring to me. He is brilliant and such a formidable scholar. I really hope to meet him one day.
  • @cuervoblanco71
    If you repeat a lie over and over again you start to believe in it - Joseph Goebels
  • @kamadd1
    Thank you for a rational conversation. I appreciate the data and the interpretation. The corn is getting higher but not necessarily spreading. Maybe just maybe we'll overcome the encroaching political chaos. We need to, as there's a number of converging crises to navigate, not least of which is climate change.
  • @neilmahar7107
    Think about how Trump is getting everybody used to his shitty behavior and normalizing idiocy.
  • @gregrogers3203
    Excellent discussion of the many applications and scenarios of habituation or “becoming accustomed to”, “accepting of”, “taking for granted”, etc. Worth sharing with others, listening together, discussing our personal experiences of habituation.
  • @Irishpenguinirish
    This is the critical explanation that everyone needs to hear. HOW is it that we accept things that are clearly untrue? How do we believe a lie when our eyes tell us otherwise? Getting habituated to something unpleasant can be helpful, but it also means we get used to the abuse of innocents, and this is how evil prospers. Also a good reminder to emphasize the good things in life; GRATITUDE.
  • @quddusquddus136
    "There is a taint of death in lies." In "Heart of Darkness", Conrad showed his utmost contempt towards lies. Time to revisit Conrad's book.
  • @heyhey3185
    Really enlightening and constructive dialogue 👏🏻
  • @siriuslyspeaking9720
    How to "reset our thinking"? When was any previous state of our thinking or being, in general, ever been adequate enough? An evolution in both is what is needed.
  • @CameraLaw
    Always something significant to learn from my favorite law professor (UChi ‘88-‘91). Great interview from, to me, an equally important biographer. Thanks all.
  • @nicolasdelaforge7420
    'Habituation' was discovered 2,000 years ago. Funny how we have to re-teach every notion every generation.
  • @user-fm5hx3rh5q
    I need this book. Thanks. Reminds me of David Foster Wallace's parable about the two fish, not understanding they sawm in water.
  • @musiqtee
    Positivity, good — Positivism , bad… The latter is an antidote to reality - however it’s perceived.