Why You Should Do Hard Things & Sneaky Ways Companies Get Your Personal Data

Something You Should Know

Mike Carruthers | OmniCastMedia

Science, Social Sciences, Self-improvement, Education, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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0:00.0	This message is sponsored by Discover. Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls and emails with online privacy protection?
0:10.0	The latest innovation from Discover. Discover will help regularly remove your personal info, like your name and address, from 10 popular people search websites that could sell your data.
0:24.0	And they'll do it for free. Activate in the Discover app. See terms and learn more at Discover.com slash online privacy protection.
0:36.0	Today on something you should know, could it be that we mostly like people who smell like we do? Then understanding resilience in the face of tough times.
0:48.0	So, resilience is the ability to do something difficult and then bounce back. I think one of the things that we get wrong is that we see it as an innate ability.
1:00.0	And the reality is it's a skill. Also, there are a lot of things that taste good cooked on the grill that you really should try. And your personal privacy is being invaded.
1:13.0	One of the things that I worry about is that people don't realize just how much data is being collected about them and just how sensitive it is. Like, how well do you sleep at night?
1:23.0	Whether you're searching for something related to a loan or a disease, whether you're being faithful to your partner, it's incredibly sensitive information.
1:31.0	All this today on something you should know.
1:35.0	This message is sponsored by Discover. Did you know you could reduce the number of unwanted calls and emails with online privacy protection? The latest innovation from Discover.
1:49.0	Discover will help regularly remove your personal info like your name and address from 10 popular people search websites that could sell your data. And they'll do it for free.
2:02.0	Activate in the Discover app. See terms and learn more at Discover.com slash online privacy protection.
2:11.0	Something you should know. Fascinating intel. The world's top experts. And practical advice you can use in your life today. Something you should know. With my carothers.
2:24.0	Hi, welcome to something you should know. As you've probably noticed, when two dogs meet for the first time, there's usually a lot of sniffing going on.
2:36.0	Dog size up other dogs in large part by their smell. And that might seem a little gross, but it turns out that we do it too, according to the Wiseman Institute of Science in Israel.
2:49.0	They say that there's some evidence to suggest that human beings are subconsciously sniffing themselves constantly.
2:58.0	And secondly, there's evidence that we are subconsciously sniffing other people almost constantly. And well, we know that people tend to become friends with other people who are similar to themselves in appearance, background, values, even in measures such as brain activity.
3:17.0	So the hypothesis was that when we sniff other people, we're making subliminal comparisons to ourselves and making judgments about other people based on how much they smell or don't smell like we do.
3:33.0	The researchers were even able to predict the quality of social interactions between complete strangers by first smelling them with a device known as an electronic nose or an e-nose.
3:46.0	These findings suggest that the sense of smell may play a larger role in human social interactions than previously thought.
3:55.0	Now, this is not to say that smell is at the top of the list of factors as it is for dogs in sizing up other people, but it does seem that other people's scent is part of the mix of factors that we use in determining what we think of someone.
4:12.0	And that is something you should know.
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