73. Is It Okay to Engage in “Social Loafing”?
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Whipped cream and nuts on top. Somebody go grab a maraschino cherry. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Stephen Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, why should you exert yourself if you can get other people to do the work for you? You're a bad, bad person. I'm a terrible person. Also, Stephen shares a special moment of appreciation. I like Team Duckner Dubworth.
Angela, I want to ask a question related to something we discussed not long ago on this very show. Shoot. We were talking about meetings, how bad They often are how so many meetings are dominated by noisy people. We talked about the quote right size of a given meeting, but one thing we didn't get to is the idea that meetings can be good for what economists call free riders, meaning you go along for the ride while someone else is doing the work.
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