445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?
445. Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar?  
Podcast: Freakonomics Radio
Published On: Thu Dec 24 2020
Description: In this episode of No Stupid Questions — a Freakonomics Radio Network show launched earlier this year — 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?