Reviewing the Status Quo – Societal Change post Corona! Barry Schwartz, Psychologist

The American psychologist and professor of social and behavioral
theory Barry Schwartz is Sebastian Morgner's guest today. The
seventh episode of the podcast is about the effects of Covid-19
on individual and collective patterns of behavior and thinking,
and the implications for life after Corona. 


Following an initial exchange about the drastic changes in
private and business life, Barry Schwartz will address the issue
of the newly established behavioral norms and discuss the
question of whether they will continue to exist after Corona, and
if so, what effects this could have on our daily lives. Against
the background that in the United States some of the leading
companies have already announced permanent far-reaching reforms
including for the future after Covid-19 the topic of home offices
is dealt with here in particular. The discussion then turns to
the political response to the pandemic. Different countries and
the measures taken by their respective governments will be
discussed. In the course of this, Prof Schwartz will address
fundamental questions such as the human attention span or the
problem of polarization in the political spectrum.


At the end of the conversation the psychologist shares his
perceptions of the future after Corona. In addition to a general
change in economic ways of thinking, towards more sustainability
and resilience, he expresses here above all a wish for more
recognition for employees in the service industry so that they
are not forgotten again just as they were before the crisis