52. How Much Should We Be Able to Customize Our World?

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  2468, who do we appreciate?

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  Angela, Angela, Angela.

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner.

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  And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

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  Today on the show,

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  how will the rising demand for customized products shape the future of our society?

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  with too many jams and too many kinds of nuts.

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  Also, does multitasking actually increase productivity?

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  Even though I'm pretty focused on speaking with Angela Duckworth, I'm also breathing and sitting.

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  I'm probably digesting.

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  Angela,

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  I want to ask you a question that's inspired by some of the listener emails we receive for Freakonomics Radio.

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  Sounds good.

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  So a typical email might read something like, I love your show, but if you ever do this again,

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  or that again, as you did on episode number 400, whatever, I'm gonna stop listening.

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  Sometimes it's a particular guest they dislike, maybe for ideological reasons or political reasons,

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  but usually it's the way a guest will talk, maybe a lot of up talk, or maybe with vocal fry.

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  There are also sounds that annoy people.

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  Sirens being used as sound effects,

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