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Moral outrage in the digital age | Robert Wright & Molly Crockett [The Wright Show]

3,838 views · Published 16 March 2018 · 48:44 · Indexed 23 September 2026

Channel: NonzeroClips · 2018 · People & Blogs

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01:15 Molly’s research on social media and moral outrage
06:44 The personal benefits of sanctimony
15:02 Why do certain posts go viral?
26:56 Even without complex algorithms, social media discourages mindful reflection
37:37 Online outrage and the signal-to-noise problem

Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Molly Crockett (Crockett Lab, Yale University)

Recorded on March 14, 2018

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