# The Intransigent Minority: How 3% Can Control the Other 97%

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/productivity-6443634/the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/productivity-6443634/the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97.md
Podcast: [PRODUCTIVITY](https://stenobird.com/podcast/productivity-6443634)
Published: 2026-05-30T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154246/episodes/19257291-the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97.mp3
Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2154246/episodes/19257291-the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/productivity-6443634/episodes/the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97
Duration seconds: 268

## Resource

The intransigent minority, why a tiny fraction of any group can reshape the rules for everyone else, what the research says about how small that fraction can be, and 3 protocols to spot when an intransigent minority is steering your choices so you stop finding out after the fact and what you can do about when you find out. STUDY CITATIONS Centola, D., Becker, J., Brackbill, D., & Baronchelli, A. (2018). Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention. Science, 360(6393), 111...

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/productivity-6443634/episodes/the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/productivity-6443634/the-intransigent-minority-how-3-can-control-the-other-97.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.