War for Peace Among Wild Chimpanzees
Chimpanzees who injure or kill one another are not immoral. Their violence is simply a means to reach an end.
Books
The Key to Creating Cost-Effective Experiments at Scale
How can we build large-scale, cost-effective experiments that people want to participate in?
Redefining Wrong in Poker, Politics, and Beyond
Blaming the oddsmakers or the odds themselves assumes that once something happens, it was bound to have happened and anyone who didn’t see it coming was wrong.
We Forget That Everything Is Relative
As H. L. Mencken once said, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
Everything Is Timing
We are temporal creatures. We live in a temporal environment—we’re always moving through time. Being awake to those forces can help us work smarter and live better.
Harnessing the Power of Prosocial Emotions for Our Future Selves
In his new book, David DeSteno explores how certain prosocial emotions, such as gratitude, compassion, and pride, can help us succeed in life when things like rationality and willpower power fall short.