This is not scientific.
This is scientific-ish.
I'm Angela Duckworth.
I'm Stephen Dubner.
And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, when is a good deed an invitation for more bad deeds?
Hello.
The Duckworths are not here to collect your poop.
Also, what is the most significant choice that a human being can make in their lifetime?
Whether to part your hair on the left or right, I think is the obvious choice.
Angel, I have a question for you about moral hazard, sort of, and poop angels.
Do you know what a poop angel is?
I think I know what moral hazard is.
Poop angels is a little tougher.
So I learned the phrase in a post on Next Door,
which is this sort of neighborhood-y version of Facebook.
I know Next Door.
So one New York City resident was proposing that others join him in going around their neighborhood and pick up dog poop that belongs to other people's dogs from those inconsiderate owners who leave it on the street.
Even though it's theoretically illegal to leave dog poop on the street, many people do it.
So this guy is saying, look, it wasn't our dogs, wasn't my dog,