Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Episode 239
Dr. Brian Lowery joins Sean Carroll's Mindscape podcast to discuss the sense of self is largely as a social construct.
Brian Lowery
Brian Lowery is a Professor of Organizational Behavior and a social psychologist by training. He received his doctorate from UCLA in 2001 with a minor in statistical methods.
Sessions
Working for What?: Reimagining the Meaning of Work
Climate change, a pandemic, inequality, all demand that we examine the economic systems and structures we are operating within. In this time of unprecedented change, how might we reimagine work?
Interconnected: Work in the Global Economy
Given the ever-more connected world we live in, how should we reimagine the economy?
Broken Paths to Economic Mobility
As the wealth divide continues to deepen and class and race inequities are exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the American dream of upward mobility has been called into question.
Who's Responsible?: Government, Business and Philanthropy
While the form of this debate has changed with the times, the underlying question remains the same: who is responsible?
Rethinking Gigs, Redefining Careers
How did the gig economy adapt through the pandemic? Might it provide a model to reimagine work post COVID?
Worker Power
What does the future of worker protections look like? How can we protect dignity and fairness in work?
Firing the Office, Freeing the Workers
How many more ways are workers held captive by work? Who will see the benefits of this new flexibility? Is the office done for good?
Citizens & Workers: Education in a Capitalist Democracy
In a republic and capitalist economy that depends on an educated citizenry, how should we reimagine education at this critical time?
Work Environment: Who Makes All The Decisions?
As we continue to adapt to COVID, who will own the decision power to reimagine work?
Flexible for Whom?: Work Equity Post-COVID
How might we reimagine work with a view to better equity post-COVID? Featuring Brian Lowery and Aquilina Soriano Versoza.
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