Radio Replay: Too Little, Too Much

Hidden Brain

Hidden Brain Media

Arts, Science, Performing Arts, Social Sciences

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🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever noticed that when something important is missing in your life, your brain can only seem to focus on that missing thing? On this week's Radio Replay, we bring you a March 2017 story about the phenomenon of scarcity, and how it can blind us to the big picture. Then, we go to the opposite end of the spectrum to look at the perils of excess. We'll bring you an October 2016 conversation with Brooke Harrington, a sociologist who wanted to know what it's like to be one of the richest people on the planet. For more on these topics, visit us at https://n.pr/2O8DkdV.

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0:00.0	I'm Shankar Vidantam and this is Hidden Brain.
0:02.8	My name is Brandi Drew.
0:04.7	I'm from Detroit, Michigan.
0:06.9	Brandi Drew has a story that may sound familiar to you,
0:10.2	a story of poverty and debt.
0:13.1	It's the kind of story that may lead people to quick conclusions,
0:16.4	so pay attention to your own.
0:18.6	Brandi is now in her late 30s, a few years ago, her life unraveled.
0:24.3	At the time, she ran the dining services department
0:27.3	at a senior living facility.
0:29.2	She'd been with a company that ran it for more than a decade.
0:32.2	One day, she made a mistake.
0:34.6	I was just in a rush to get home, that was all.
0:38.9	Because daycare closes at 6.
0:41.8	I get off at 5.
0:43.2	It was like maybe a 10 mile drive, busy traffic area.
0:47.8	And I knew I had to pick up diapers and the easiest thing for me,
0:52.0	I thought would be to pick them up before I picked the baby up.
0:55.5	So Brandi stopped at a store, ran in and grabbed the diapers.
0:59.5	She swiped her credit card at the self checkout station and raced out.
1:04.3	It turns out, she used the wrong card, not her own, but the company credit card.
1:10.2	But it was crazy as I didn't realize at that moment,
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