Ego depletion
Subject in Social Sciences
Ego depletion has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Modern Wisdom. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
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Spencer GreenbergMathematician, entrepreneur, founder of ClearerThinking.org and co-author of the book 12 Levers
Greenberg says scientific understanding of willpower as a depletable muscle collapsed when ego depletion findings failed to replicate.
“researchers tried to replicate it and did not replicate. They could not replicate a bunch of the basic findings”
Modern Wisdom: The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161 (Oct 10, 2026) · Listen from 1:08:45
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- Modern Wisdom · 1 episode
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The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161Modern Wisdom · Oct 10, 2026 · 1 h 27 min
Spencer Greenberg tells Chris Williamson how hundreds of self-help techniques reduce to 12 psychological levers, covering values, habits, fear, overthinking, productivity and willpower.