Hidden Brain Host on "Useful Delusions" and Why We Lie to Ourselves Every Day | Amanpour and Company

Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast “Hidden Brain,” has been reporting on human behavior for decades. He says that buying into false beliefs can actually be a good thing -- sometimes. He joins Hari Sreenivasan to explain why self-delusion can be a useful tool to help us through life's hardships.

Originally aired on March 12, 2021.

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