Most Read Articles of 2021
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
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Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2021
Our list of noteworthy behavioral science books published in 2021.
Research Lead: Mistaking Google’s Knowledge for Your Own, Oversimplifying Effects of Tech, Scientists ‘Donate’ a lot of Time to Journal Publishers, and More
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for November 2021.
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How to Escape the Cynicism Trap
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The Year in 41 Debates
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Our 51 Best (And Weirdest) Charts Of 2021
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Peace Is More Than War’s Absence, and New Research Explains How to Build It
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How to Save Our Social Media by Treating It Like a City
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MIT Technology Review
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How ‘Greedy Work,’ More than Bias, Explains the Persistent Gender Wage Gap
In a new book, economist Claudia Goldin finds that the gender wage gap is a symptom of a far greater problem, one that has largely been invisible.
The Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Requires a Different Playbook
It’s critical we understand that parents’ vaccine decisions for themselves may be different than those they make for their kids.
Designing Transport for Humans, Not Econs
It’s common to hear that transport providers are “simply getting people from A to B”: a low-bar ambition that misses the real purpose of much travel.
Embrace Complexity Through Behavioral Planning
Behavioral science is still learning how to grapple with complexity. What does it lose when it overlooks complexity and what it could gain addressing it in a more strategic way?
How to Increase Your Savings While Spending
Saving-through-spending apps are an innovative way that government, financial services companies, retailers, and tech companies are working together to help people grow their retirement savings.
Research Lead: How to Counterargue Using Mass Communications, Conspiracy Clout, the Cost-Benefit Fallacy, and More
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for October 2021.
The Pleasures of Pain and the Pains of Pleasure
In his new book, Paul Bloom pushes us to reflect on the complexity of our emotional reactions. Why do we cry on our worst days and our best?
How Netflix’s Choice Engine Drives Its Business
Netflix’s landing page is full of choice architecture tools—plausible paths, smart defaults, and carefully curated descriptions. But it doesn’t do all of the work itself. The platform takes cues from you, too.
