web01.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:25:40 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) On Wisdom - Episodes Tagged with “Social Networks” https://onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/tags/social%20networks Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0400 On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast. en-us episodic What does science tell us about wisdom? Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast. no psychology, science, happiness, philosophy, wisdom, decision-making, reasoning, society Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann charlesdavidcassidy@gmail.com 64: The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis) https://onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/64 4859c91c-08af-410d-9b8f-95e89dbf5bad Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:00:00 -0400 Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann 64 The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis) full Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann Are your choices really your own — or are they quietly shaped by the people around you? Nicholas Christakis joins Igor and Charles to reveal the hidden power of social networks, from the surprising spread of kindness and cooperation to the ripple effects that shape our health, decisions, and even our wisdom. Igor uncovers the invisible social forces influencing our daily lives, Nicholas shares how our deep-rooted instincts for love, friendship, and teaching have shaped human civilization, and Charles considers how tapping into these instincts could help us build stronger, wiser communities. Welcome to Episode 64. 59:14 no Are your choices really your own — or are they quietly shaped by the people around you? Nicholas Christakis joins Igor and Charles to reveal the hidden power of social networks, from the surprising spread of kindness and cooperation to the ripple effects that shape our health, decisions, and even our wisdom. Igor uncovers the invisible social forces influencing our daily lives, Nicholas shares how our deep-rooted instincts for love, friendship, and teaching have shaped human civilization, and Charles considers how tapping into these instincts could help us build stronger, wiser communities. Welcome to Episode 64. Special Guest: Nicholas Christakis. wisdom, psychology, philosophy, social science, happiness, well being, meaning, reasoning, emotions, purpose, social networks, nicholas christakis, biosocial science, computational social science, Connected, Blueprint, Apollo’s Arrow, evolutionary biology, AI, pandemics Are your choices really your own — or are they quietly shaped by the people around you? Nicholas Christakis joins Igor and Charles to reveal the hidden power of social networks, from the surprising spread of kindness and cooperation to the ripple effects that shape our health, decisions, and even our wisdom. Igor uncovers the invisible social forces influencing our daily lives, Nicholas shares how our deep-rooted instincts for love, friendship, and teaching have shaped human civilization, and Charles considers how tapping into these instincts could help us build stronger, wiser communities. Welcome to Episode 64.

Special Guest: Nicholas Christakis.

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Special Guest: Nicholas Christakis.

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