Hiring Isn’t Rocket Science: Why the Most Boring Strategy Is Best
To fix the hiring process, we have to replace hubris with heuristics.
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Copy Ourselves Out of Existence? A Conversation on Decision-Making in the Age of Social Influence
No one quite knows how a local radio station in Texas managed to have one of the most popular posts on Facebook.
Making the Social Leap: A Conversation on How Our Psychology Evolved
How we conceive of behaviors like self-control, overconfidence, and happiness today bears little resemblance to their evolutionary origins, argues psychologist William von Hippel.
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Spreading the Wealth: The Preference to Distribute Donations
Donors face a tradeoff between helping broadly and helping deeply.
Broadening the Nature of Behavioral Design
How might our sense about what we should solve, or even what qualifies as a problem worth solving, be biased by how we think about what we can solve?
Defaults Are Not the Same by Default
A new meta-analysis reveals when and where one of behavioral science’s most successful nudges works best (or not at all).
Work Requirements Are (Socially) Toxic Sludge
Work requirements for anti-poverty programs don’t encourage work. Instead, their principal effect is stripping people of the benefits they rely on to survive.
The Passion Paradox: A Conversation with Brad Stulberg
Finding, following, or fostering your passion isn’t as easy as it seems.
How Better Urban Planning Can Improve Gender Equality
In the mid-1990s, public officials in Vienna found something surprising when they studied who was using their public parks.
How Misinformation Can Spread Among Scientists
In the mid-19th century, Ignaz Semmelweis knew hand-washing could save lives. But he didn’t know a strong social network could thwart good evidence.
When the Nerves of Knowledge Send False Signals: A Conversation on Our Age of Misinformation
How do false beliefs spread, and what are the consequences?
