Rituals Without Religion (with Michael Norton)

没有宗教的仪式(与迈克尔·诺顿)

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2024-04-08

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While religion may play less of a role in many people's lives, rituals--the lifeblood of religion--remain central to the human experience. Listen as Michael Norton of the Harvard Business School explains how and why rituals remain at the center of our lives--they give meaning to life-cycle events and secular holidays, calm our fears, and give us a sense of control when the pressure to perform can otherwise overwhelm us.

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  • Today is March 19, 2024, and my guest is psychologist Michael Norton, the Harold M.

  • Bryerly professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

  • He is the author of the Ritual Effect from habit to ritual Harness, the surprising power of everyday actions, and that book is our topic for today.

  • Michael, welcome to Econ Talk.

  • Russ, thanks so much for having me.

  • Let's start with the difference between habit and ritual, and I'm going to throw in routine.

  • It's not your subtitle, but you do talk about routine.

  • So as individuals, we have habits, we have routines and we have rituals.

  • They are somewhat similar, but they have very, very important differences.

  • That's right.

  • I think that sometimes we use the word habit to refer to rituals.

  • Sometimes we use ritual to refer to habit.

  • And so we have been trying in our research to tease apart, really, what are the differences between these?

  • And I do think, as you said, that it ends up being quite important.