STUPID Weddings Will Ruin You - Here's Why Indians Still Want That - FutureIQ

Weddings are a total Rip-off and make no sense at all but we're still tempted to go through all the functions and spend lakhs, even crores on those occasions. Sometimes, a lot more than that when we take an example of events like Anant Ambani's wedding. Why does this happen? Is there any evolutionary reason behind this decision of ours? Let's discuss the reason why we spend so much money on things like weddings, college degrees, art, and more. Let's understand why we prefer status-driven things over the simpler and logical ones in this episode of FutureIQ. Hope you enjoyed FutureIQ by Navin Kabra and Shrikant Joshi. Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http://twitter.com/ngkabra @shrikant https://twitter.com/shrikant Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Watch other episodes of The FutureIQ podcast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAppTB0r5_TaYueZ0adD42Wiw5X-wTE4v Books mentioned in the episode: The case against education: https://tapthe.link/CaseAgainstEducationBook More videos for you: Costly signaling: https://youtu.be/0YEBK7eR3Ek Group conformism: https://youtu.be/_XhIECCt_P8 Chapters 00:00 Stupid things we do 00:15 Weddings in India 01:00 Showing off 02:07 Education 04:00 Do companies care about education? 05:20 Art as a status symbol 08:50 Why can’t we avoid it? 10:38 Evolution & status 13:08 Education & wedding #futureiq #weddings #ambaniwedding