Year in Review: Featuring the most popular newsletters from the past year

Issue 63: Our most popular newsletters from 2022, plus a couple of hidden gems

Jan 12, 2023

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Thanks for a wonderful year!

Our newsletter experienced a ton of growth in 2022—with nearly 2000 subscribers—and because there are so many new people, we decided to highlight our most popular posts, plus a couple of hidden gems from when we were a smaller community. Whether you’re an old subscriber who missed one of these or a new subscriber who needs a place to start reading, these previous newsletters will hopefully offer useful insights and spark curiosity.

Here are our biggest hits of 2022:

Number 5 - Why do people cling to false beliefs? (with video)

The Power of Us

Why do people cling to false beliefs?

We are excited to introduce a new four-part video series where we dive into key concepts from The Power of Us. With support from the Templeton World Charity Foundation, we produced videos that combine both animation and interview style formats to illustrate and summarize key concepts from the Power of Us book. This week, we feature content from Chapter …

3 years ago · Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

This was the first episode of a four-part mini series on our Youtube channel that explores key ideas from The Power of Us book. Using the example of a cult called the Seekers that was active in Chicago in 1954, we explained how factors such as initial commitment to an idea and social support can lead people to hold on to false beliefs. We also describe how this phenomenon can be observed in online communities with strong belief system…

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