445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?

Published: Dec. 24, 2020, 4 a.m.

b'In this episode of No Stupid Questions \\u2014 a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year \\u2014 Stephen Dubner and Angela Duckworth debate why we watch, read, and eat familiar things during a crisis, and if it might in fact be better to try new things instead. Also: is a little knowledge truly as dangerous as they say?'