Just Ask!: Why We Underestimate Our Influence

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[alexanderlyon]

Pretty encouraging for me. Face-to-face communication is critical. Great video.

[olinkasudan]

It depends on if it’s a Black man asking a white person. It also depends if it is a Black woman. White people are not willing to admit that they have biases or just plain old racist.

[erhanercan]

Thanks for the video;
People have tendency to prepare themselves for the worse scenerio and lower their expectations. This tendency may effect subjects's answers before asking strangers to land their phones or participate to a survey. Therefore, their answers may not show their real expectations/estimations.

[supersuper]

At 0:38
I think its 0, any person will lend me his/her phone, they must have a phone
From India

[RmcBlueSky]

It depends where you live and what kind of cellphone.

[olinkasudan]

My comment is regarding the cell phone request

[Wolcik]

on average where was this done?
the location matters

[infidreamer]

whether or not a stranger lends you their cellphone depends also on the cultural norms in their society.

[jorgea.garzav]

none ever asked me for my cellphone, outside of family and friends

[marks.]

On this one I would question the premise that it's our influence but rather our underestimation of the kindness of people and their willingness to say yes to a request. I think people totally underestimate that and this vid shows that. Great videos!