143. How Sinful Are "No Stupid Questions" Listeners?

No Stupid Questions

社会与文化

2023-04-23

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What does the Seven Deadly Sins survey tell us about the people who listen to this podcast? Are we more afflicted by sloth or by lust? And what does Angela mutter under her breath? Take the Seven Deadly Sins survey: freakonomics.com/nsq-sins/
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  • You were basically like, I don't think lust is a problem at all in the modern world.

  • I'm like, where have you been hanging out, lady?

  • Hey, I'm Angela Duckworth.

  • I'm Steven Dubner, and you're listening to.

  • No stupid questions today on the show.

  • What sense do no stupid questions listeners struggle with the most?

  • Well, you say struggle, some might say enjoy.

  • So, Angela, we just spent the last seven episodes talking about the seven deadly sins and our take on them.

  • For anyone who's keeping score at home, pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, also known as anger and sloth.

  • And we agreed that some are perhaps outdated.

  • Some are much more nuanced than we think.

  • Some of them are a little bit more virtue than sin, perhaps.

  • Still, we do love to talk about the seven deadly sins, and we love to measure ourselves.

  • That's one thing that came up in conversation after conversation when I'm listening to you discuss either the research or the way you designed the survey that you administered to no stupid questions listeners.

  • I just think it's a natural instinct to want to compare yourself to others.

  • So you created this survey.

  • I'd like you to explain it.

  • I'd like you to tell us what you were looking for, and then let's get into some of the data.

  • Okay, so we have a survey of 32 questions.

  • They're just statements like the I procrastinate, I quit when I'm frustrated, I avoid hard work.