Brian Lowry
Psychologist and Stanford professor presenting ideas from Selfless about the social construction of the self and how identities are formed in relationships and communities.
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Feb 9, 2026 • 23min
The Case Against Personal Responsibility
Brian Lowry, Stanford psychologist who studies how selves form in relationships, and Nick Chater, behavioral scientist critiquing individual-focused solutions, debate whether the independent self is real and why we blame individuals for social problems. They contrast personal-choice explanations with systemic forces, discuss experiments on shifting self-perception, and explain how corporations benefit from blaming people.
