# Can prejudice ever be a good thing?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSalon NY2014
- Speaker: Paul Bloom
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_bloom_can_prejudice_ever_be_a_good_thing)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

We often think of bias and prejudice as rooted in ignorance. But as psychologist Paul Bloom seeks to show, prejudice is often natural, rational ... even moral. The key, says Bloom, is to understand how our own biases work -- so we can take control when they go wrong.

## Lectures

1. [Can prejudice ever be a good thing?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/paul_bloom_can_prejudice_ever_be_a_good_thing/10d9aaa1badf), 17 min (TED's player)