The Snowball Effect
Episode 48 min 58s

The Snowball Effect

From Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Why do some companies become household names, while others flame out? How do certain memes go viral? And why do some social movements take off and spread, while others fizzle? Today on the show, we revisit a favorite 2021 conversation with sociologist Damon Centola, who studies social contagion and how it can be harnessed to build a better world.

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