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It's all in your perspective4 comments

asraidevin wrote 1 week ago: I spent the morning shopping with my mother and sister in law. I stay out of shops, because in an ef … more →

Tags: Motivation Monday, Asrai Devin, Child, Dan Ariely, Decision Making, Goal Setting, Goals, happiness, Long-term goals

Time preferences, character, and The Novel in my novel

Jake Seliger wrote 5 months ago: A friend was reading a novel I wrote called The Hook and asked: “I’m curious. . . Do you … more →

Tags: Books, writing, Novels, Ideas!, Predictably Irrational, Fiction, The Time Paradox, Kahneman, Thinking Fast and Slow

Dan Ariely talks about his book, Predictably Irrational

pathologicallycurious wrote 7 months ago: http://fora.tv/2008/03/04/Dan_Ariely_Predictably_Irrational In case you don’t fancy reading th … more →

Tags: behavioural economics, Psychology, behavioural economics, psychology

Emergency Managers Procrastinate Too

mdeyerin wrote 7 months ago: A few weeks ago, a co-worker stuck this comic strip on my door. It made me laugh, but in that … more →

Tags: Psychology, Procrastination, auf der heide, Apathy

OkTrends

Alan Pritt wrote 8 months ago: I’m facinated by the OkTrends blog where they analyse data from their dating website to reveal … more →

Tags: Research, Hotornot, hunch, OkCupid

TED Talks :: In Control of Our Decisions?

advadvisor wrote 1 year ago: Advisors, I’m deeply inspired. In early 2011 the most amazing online forum of inspirational, action- … more →

Tags: TeD, TEDx, TED Talks, Predictability Irrational, Decision Making, Behavioral Economics, behavior finance, appointment process

Dan Ariely: Wait for another cookie?

Sam Kale wrote 1 year ago: Wait for Another Cookie? There is not much place for waiting in today’s marketplace. In fact you can … more →

Tags: Marketing - Branding, Marketing, SAM, gratification

Is your choice of beer driven by rationality?1 comment

sdabocconi wrote 1 year ago: According to this interesting article by the WSJ, chain stores are trying to make a hit of private-l … more →

Tags: Beer, Irrationality, Private Labels

the hedonic treadmill

gede manggala wrote 1 year ago: have you ever wanted a gadget (like iPad) so bad, but when you finally bought it, the excitement was … more →

Tags: Thought, book, simple, Simplify, hedonic treadmill

Procrastination657 comments

David McRaney wrote 1 year ago: The Misconception: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well. The … more →

Tags: Cognition, Economics, Emotion, Evolutionary Psychology, introspection, Perception, Hyperbolic Discounting, Kalyanaraman, Lehrer

Wealth Distribution in the U.S.1 comment

mmwm wrote 1 year ago: I had seen the results of Michael Norton and Dan Ariely’s study about wealth distribution earl … more →

Tags: consumption & advertising, Money, public affairs, law and politics, travel and place, Wealth Distribution, U.S. wealth inequality, Norton, economic disparity, taxes

(research) Losing Face -- Working Paper up! Qn. to reader. Ariely's mis-use of "Yenta".

David Reinstein wrote 1 year ago: The wait is over… the “Losing Face” working paper (co-author David Hugh-Jones) is … more →

Tags: musings, losing face, Dating, asymmetric information, Reputation, Economics, survey, Yiddish, shadchen

Social Media is for Fakers31 comments

David Spinks wrote 1 year ago: Photo cred: Ben Fredericson Sitting in the subway at 12:00am, reading the chapter titled “The … more →

Tags: Social Media, Social, media, Fakers, Market, predictably, irrational, Dan

Tender, loving financial incentives3 comments

badblood wrote 2 years ago: This week, an American public health practitioner posted on the US national AIDS blog about a new pr … more →

Tags: Treatment Access, Prevention Strategy, Cultures of Care, dieffenbach, Hurley, kippax, Race, bounded rationality

As Part of My Ongoing Obsession with Behavioral Economics ....

lexiecom wrote 2 years ago: Watch this and then run out and read Nudge and Predictably Irrational. … more →

Tags: randomness, Sunstein

Nice Argument. I'll Believe You When You Have a Story.6 comments

Steve wrote 2 years ago: I hadn’t heard of this before, but in a very interesting article on his blog Predictably Irrat … more →

Tags: discussion, Connections, Rationality, Economics, Narrative, Bias, Meaning

Why You Should Immediately Go Read "Predictably Irrational"

lexiecom wrote 2 years ago: The book by Dan Ariely is utterly fantastic and worth an attentive, considered read. And check out t … more →

Tags: Writing I Love, Google

Social vs Economic Contracts

thelanterngroup wrote 2 years ago: Ariely talks about the difference between a social and economic contract.  Very important to underst … more →

Tags: employee motivation, Incentive Compensation, Motivation, Social Contract, Economic Contract

Saying "No," or the Irrational Bounds of Choice, or...1 comment

carinecarmy wrote 2 years ago: They say that summer is a time of lethargy, for the “sun is making me numb,” the “ … more →

Tags: Choice, Predictably Irrational, Economics


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