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Anthropology
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May 21, 2019Copy 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.
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April 10, 2018
War for Peace Among Wild Chimpanzees
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Behavioral Design
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September 16, 2019Keeping Up with the Joneses at Burning Man—for the Collective Benefit
For all its differences, Burning Man carries many of the same rules as our current society—but with some important twists.
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September 12, 2019
To Change a Habit, Get Extreme. Progressively.
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September 3, 2019
How to Go to Burning Man Without Going to Burning Man
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Behavioral Economics
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August 11, 2019Thinking Realistically About Disaster Risk
Most disaster risk assessments make the mistake of treating human behavior as constant over time, and that’s a problem.
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April 16, 2019
Defaults Are Not the Same by Default
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March 19, 2019
The Hidden Costs of Reminders
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Education
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August 28, 2018Building Behavioral Science’s Intervention Resources in Higher Education
How can we make it easier for educators to adopt successful behavioral innovations and effectively implement them?
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November 27, 2017
College Rankings Hinder Economic Equality
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Should High Schools Require a Post-Graduation Plan?
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Marketing
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November 6, 2018What’s in a Name? The Role of Expectations, and Reality, in Our Judgements
When marketers set expectations that are too great (or not great enough) they can run into trouble.
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October 1, 2018
It Isn’t a Replication Crisis. It’s a Replication Opportunity
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June 27, 2017
Gambling on the Dark Side of Nudges
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Network Science
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April 2, 2019When the Nerves of Knowledge Send False Signals: A Conversation on Our Age of Misinformation
How do false beliefs spread, and what are the consequences?
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December 4, 2018
The $2 Million Urinal: Why Hard Work Doesn’t Cut It
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May 29, 2018
“Bursty” Communication Can Help Remote Teams Thrive
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Neuroscience
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June 19, 2018Your Brain Is Neither Computer Nor CEO
The ways we typically talk about the brain lead to a neuro-mythology, one that fails to either advance public understanding or meaningfully answer how the brain and mind work.
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Understanding the Biological Mind
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April 30, 2018
The Human Instinct: A Conversation with Ken Miller
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Organizational Behavior
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June 19, 2019Who Asks Questions, And What It Tells Us
Does assessing question-asking behavior give us valuable data about women’s empowerment and gender equality? Or does it simply give us one piece of data from a much larger pie?
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May 21, 2019
Hiring Isn’t Rocket Science: Why the Most Boring Strategy Is Best
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March 5, 2019
How Contemporary Art Fuels This Company’s Vision
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Philosophy
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April 2, 2019How 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.
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Political Science
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June 13, 2018Democracy From the Sidelines: How U.S. Politics Became a Spectator Sport
The framers of the U.S. Constitution envisioned that political power would favor states and municipalities. Why is the reality so profoundly different?
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April 23, 2018
What’s True, and Fake, About the Facebook Effect
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November 6, 2017
The Myth of Civic Engagement During Trump’s Presidency
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Psychology
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September 9, 2019The Mythology of Microdosing Continues to Grow. Can Science Catch Up?
Is the hype around microdosing psychedelics justified? We don’t yet know. So far, citizen science has outpaced rigorous research.
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Understanding Cultural Differences Around Social Norms
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August 11, 2019
One Size Doesn’t Have to Fit All
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Public Policy
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August 5, 2019Why We Hate Taxes, and Why Some People Want Us To
Special interests in the U.S. want the tax process to be opaque and difficult. Is it any wonder Americans hate taxes?
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April 16, 2019
Work Requirements Are (Socially) Toxic Sludge
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March 12, 2019
Venture Capitalists Are Using the Wrong Tools to Improve Gender Diversity
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Sociology
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August 5, 2019How to Save Your Diversity Program From an Untimely Demise
Four lessons on how to build diversity and inclusion programs that can weather organizational changes without crumbling.
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July 3, 2018
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the Marshmallow Test
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June 22, 2018
How Not to “Take Up Space” While Taking Up Space
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