What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)
· 36 min · Episode 126
Episode What Do Medieval Nuns and Bo Jackson Have in Common? (Update)
In this episode from 2013, we look at whether spite pays — and if it even exists.
• SOURCES:
• Benedikt Herrmann, research officer at the European Commission. • Steve Levitt, co-author of Freakonomics and host of People I (Mostly) Admire. • Dave O'Connor, president of Times Studios. • Lisi Oliver, professor of English at Louisiana State University. • E.O. Wilson, naturalist and university research professor emeritus at Harvard University.
• RESOURCES:
• You Don't Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson, documentary (2012). • "Amputation of the nose throughout history," by G. Sperati (ACTA Otorhinolaryngologica Italica, 2009). • "The Appearance of Homo Rivalis: Social Preferences and the Nature of Rent Seeking," by Benedikt Herrmann and Henrik Orzen (Center for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, 2008).
• EXTRAS:
• "What It’s Like to Be Middle-Aged (in the Middle Ages)," by Freakonomics Radio (2025).
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Links in the notes 10
- https://cepr.org/about/people/benedikt-herrmann
- https://freakonomics.com/series/people-i-mostly-admire/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-o-connor-a75a829/
- https://www.oenewsletter.org/OEN/archive/46_1/oliver.php
- https://eowilsonfoundation.org/about-us/e-o-wilson/
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2356302/?ref_=ttfc_ov_i
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2689568/pdf/0392-100X.29.044.pdf
- https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/cedex/documents/papers/2008-10.pdf
- https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-its-like-to-be-middle-aged-in-the-middle-ages/
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