May 22 2020 14 mins 4
This week, we saw an op-ed piece in Elemental Medium called, “Quarantine Fatigue is overtaking us. We could have done better.” It was written by Gabe Zichermann and he outlined a few of the human hardships that have manifested themselves in quarantine. The fatigue factor that accompanies them is real and worthy of exploration. However, thought the author went farther and offered a bit of controversial advice – if we get a do-over – on how we should have handled it.
Zichermann lays out three contributors to fatigue and makes some recommendations for what should have happened, or as he calls it, a “do-over.” The three areas are 1) human contact, 2) shame and stigma, and 3) boredom and restlessness.
Kurt and Tim dive into the piece to discuss the behavioral science behind public shaming, our need for human contact, and how to stimulate creativity through boredom.
Links
Elemental Medium: “Quarantine Fatigue is overtaking us. We could have done better.”:
https://elemental.medium.com/how-to-use-behavioral-science-to-prevent-the-next-pandemic-6e3fa02eb4c5
Forbidden Fruit https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=335
