The Science of Communication

Hold Me Back: Son and Father Change the Conversation

Aidan and Ash ElDifrawi

Parenting, Generationaldivide, Aidaneldifrawi, Asheldifrawi, Kids & Family, Holdmeback, Genxgenz, Education, Self-improvement

5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Ironically, while the core mission of HMB is to enhance communication between generations, there’s yet to be an episode dedicated to the “science” of communication. Until now. Aidan & Ash welcome to the show one of the country's leading minds on the topic of why smart people routinely misunderstand each other. Dr. Nicholas Epley is the author of Mindwise: How We Understand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want, and the Director of the Roman Family Center for Decision Research at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he studies and teaches social cognition. There’s nothing intuitive about this episode - which will have you rethinking everything. Who was more convincing: Aidan or Ash? Vote at HoldMeBack.com

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0:00.0	Reciprocity is the dominant norm of social behavior.
0:07.0	And so how do you get trust is you trust other people first.
0:12.0	How do you get somebody to smile at you?
0:15.0	You smile at them first.
0:17.0	How do you get somebody say hi to you?
0:18.0	Say hi to them first.
0:19.0	Nobody will wave to you, but everybody will wave back to you when you start that way.
0:37.1	Okay, so I want to start this episode with a question for you, Dad.
0:40.5	Okay.
0:41.1	Which is, you know, why do you think people listen to our show?
0:44.6	Why do you think they come back?
0:45.6	What do you think draws them in?
0:47.0	Okay.
0:47.6	Me.
0:48.5	Me.
0:49.3	Yeah.
0:49.9	I think you may have a misheard.
0:52.1	Not what makes them hesitate to listen again.
0:53.8	Okay.
0:54.6	Okay. So it's them hesitate to listen again. Okay. Okay.
0:55.1	So it's a serious question.
0:56.1	You're asking you.
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