How to Make a Difference: Part 2

Sep 28, 2026 · 49 min

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0:00This is Hidden Brain.
0:01I'm Shankar Vedantam.
0:03If you look down the history of the world, you see a pattern repeat itself over and over again.
0:09For lengthy periods of time, groups, communities, and even nations can find themselves stuck.
0:15Years go by, sometimes decades, even centuries, and nothing shifts.
0:23And then a small group of people, sometimes even just one or two, decide they've had enough and start to foment change.
0:32At first, it looks impossible.
0:34The odds are too steep, the opposition too strong.
0:39But then, the impossible happens.
0:43And soon after, the change that seemed impossible appears like it was inevitable.
0:53In our story last week, we explored the psychology of learned helplessness.
0:58When people are shown over and over that they cannot change their lives or circumstances, they eventually stop trying to bring about change in their lives and circumstances.
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