Chapter
The Pitfalls of Measuring Poverty
45:35 - 50:04 (04:29)
When measuring poverty, people may manipulate data to appear worse off in order to gain more help. Therefore, it's important to measure poverty in a way that prevents such manipulation and get genuinely interested audiences.
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The importance of context in social media posts, including the limitations of one-liners and the potential for backlash from lacking context.
45:35 - 47:03 (01:27)
Social Media
Summary
The importance of context in social media posts, including the limitations of one-liners and the potential for backlash from lacking context.
ChapterThe Pitfalls of Measuring Poverty
Episode#385 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology
PodcastModern Wisdom
People tend to misreport their salaries to receive more help when measuring poverty in terms of salary or yearly income.
47:03 - 50:04 (03:01)
Poverty
Summary
People tend to misreport their salaries to receive more help when measuring poverty in terms of salary or yearly income. Measuring poverty proves to be complicated as people manipulate definitions or interpret them differently.