Tap into the Wisdom of Your ‘Inner Crowd’
How taking the perspective of a friend you disagree with could help you make better estimates.
Psychology
The Time Traveling Mistake We Make When We Procrastinate
In thinking about the future in a merely surface level way, we end up traveling to a different future than the one we meant to go to.
On the Quest for Originality, Recombine the Familiar
Most of the time, success comes from a well-placed tweak, a novel combination of two or more existing elements, or the better version of an idea or product not yet perfected.
God of the Gaps: How the Supernatural Explains What We Can’t
Humans turn to the supernatural to explain both natural and social phenomena when we can’t point to a clear human cause. But supernatural explanations are more common for natural than for social phenomena. Why?
Tips, Clicks, and Charitable Gifts: The Persuasive Impact of a Single Touch
Restaurant servers, canvassers, and robot elderly care assistants may all be a single touch on the hand away from greater satisfaction, engagement, and compliance.
Give More Feedback—Others Want It More Than You Think
People hesitate to give feedback because they simply don’t recognize how much other people want to hear it.