Haworth Connect Our Post-COVID Psychological and Cultural Future with Barry Schwartz

Overview

What happens when the global consumer population has been trained to expect a culture of choice—then overnight has virtually none? The current crisis reminds us of which choices really matter. But unstructured time and infinite distraction on the internet may make things worse. What will it take for people to not just go back to the way things were once this siege has lifted?

Speaker

Barry Schwartz is an emeritus professor of psychology at Swarthmore College and a visiting professor at the Haas School of Business at Berkeley. He has spent 40 years thinking and writing, and speaking about the interaction between economics and morality. Schwartz has authored many books addressing the aspects of this interaction, including The Paradox of Choice, which has been named one of the top business books of the year by both Business Week and Forbes Magazine. He has also written for a variety of highly respected publications and appeared on dozens of national television and radio shows. Additionally, Schwartz has spoken multiple times at the TED conference, and his TED talks have been viewed by more than 16 million people.