The Human Behavior Podcast
The Human Behavior Podcast
The Human Behavior Podcast
Better Tools, Better Judgment?
1 hour 12 minutes Posted Sep 16, 2026 at 7:00 pm.
Why Screens Feel Like Truth
Sponsor Transparency And New Website
Flock Cameras And Decision Cycles
Attentional Hijacking And Skill Erosion
When Tools Outpace Competence
What Machines Know Versus Meaning
Privacy, Warrants, And Oversight
False Alerts And Catastrophic Escalation
Guardrails For Surveillance Technology
The Human Factor And Final Takeaways
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Send us Fan Mail Better tools. More information. But are we making better decisions? An alert tells you a vehicle may be stolen. What do you actually know, and what have you already started assuming? This week on The Human Behavior Podcast, Brian Marren and Greg Williams use Flock cameras and automated license plate readers to examine how technology shapes human judgment. They discuss how a machine-generated alert can become an accepted explanation, why conflicting evidence gets overlooked, a...