That was a really good humble brag I have to say.

I'm Antelda Duckworth.

I'm Stephen Dubner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, do checklists make people stupid?

Do schoolwork hate parents go out with friends hate parents?

Also, given the state of the pandemic, is it time to give up on cities?

People are decamping out to, if I might say it, the burbs.

Angela Duckworth, our question today comes from a listener named Chris Shipman.

I work at a place that thrives on process.

Chris writes, thrives in quotes, which I guess connotes irony and suggests that this workplace

doesn't actually thrive.

So anyway, Chris goes on, but I feel like checklists, deaden, critical thinking that

brings us to Chris' actual question.

Do checklists make people more stupid?

So Angela, I like this question because it is a specific procedural question, but it's

got much broader implications if you want to go there.

So do you want to go there?

I want to go there.

I've been thinking about checklists actually long before Chris Shipman sent us that question.

I read a tool go on days checklist manifesto.

Great book.

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