It’s Time You Got Time Smart: A Q&A with Ashley Whillans
When it comes to time, we can be poor accountants. And we pay the price—in happiness, well-being, and our relationships. Ashley Whillans wants to help you change that.
Books
Time Confetti and the Broken Promise of Leisure
We have more free time than ever before, but it’s so sliced and diced that we feel more time poor than ever. Here’s how to notice and overcome the time confetti in your life.
The Earthquake that Catalyzed the “Humanitarian Big Bang”
In 1755, an earthquake in Lisbon forever changed the way we think about our place in the world and our obligation to others suffering, even in countries far away.
The Future of Behavioral Insights Demands Human-Centered Design
The behavioral insights approach to design has often been top-down. A priority moving forward should be to incorporate more reflexive, dynamic, and nuanced forms of behavioral change. One promising way of doing so is to adapt principles from human centered design.
Illuminating the Links Between Light and Disease
We are experiencing too much of the wrong kind of light at the wrong part of the day, writes Ainissa Ramirez. Here’s how these lights affect our health and some ideas for what we can do about it.
How Fraud and a Broken Publishing System Fueled the Vaccine-Autism Myth
You likely know that the study behind the vaccine-autism myth was discredited. What you might not know, however, are the ways the study was fraudulent from the start and how the scientific publishing process failed the public.