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Need a Leviathan to Help Us Be Better

Behavior-change techniques from the nudge literature might help shift meat consumption the way they helped with smoking cessation and retirement saving, but in the end legislation would do a world of good because sometimes we need a Leviathan to help us be better people, even though waiting for that law is a cop-out.

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Speaker

Paul Bloom

Evidence Quote

sometimes we need a leviathan to help us be better people but having said that i know it's a cop out for me to say you know stop me before i kill again

Source

16 - The Dark SideMaking Sense with Sam Harris
Created: 6/14/2026, 2:24:40 AM

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