Incentives

This episode traces how the Enlightenment's liberation of reason also unraveled the shared moral scripts that once bound societies together. From the Milgram experiment to the algorithms of social media, it examines how obedience and signaling replaced conviction as the engines of moral behavior.

This episode explores the tangled relationship between confidence and competence—and what happens when we start rewarding performance over substance. Disclaimer: This episode does not refer to my current workplace or colleagues. On the contrary, many of the insights discussed here were shaped through collaborative work and shared learning experiences with talented teams. The examples and reflections are drawn from broader industry patterns and personal observations accumulated over time.