E238 - How do our Minds Distinguish Various Social Influences?

This week on the show, we talk about how our minds distinguish between various social influences and answer some questions from the community about prioritizing for very broken products, feeling overwhelmed in new positions, and we debate the merits of paper prototyping.

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Recorded live on March 17th, 2022, hosted by Nick Roome & Barry Kirby.

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| News:

Neurobiology: Our minds distinguish between various social influences

https://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/neurobiology-our-minds-distinguish-between-various-social-influences.html

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| It Came From:

How would you approach prioritisation for a product that is very broken? What techniques would you use to find the severe issues? | ChickenCrawlCrew | /r/userexperience

Feeling very overwhelmed with my new job | MangoStrudel | /r/userexperience

Paper prototyping is the biggest waste of time ever | Hi_im_from_uranus | r/userexperience

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