Tap into the Wisdom of Your ‘Inner Crowd’
How taking the perspective of a friend you disagree with could help you make better estimates.
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How Leaders in Higher Education Can Embed Behavioral Science in Their Institutions
To help higher education fulfill its mission in the near and long term: use behavioral science as a lens, see the system, and build behavioral science into organizations.
Encourage Plant-Based Diets with Choice Architecture, Not Bans or Marketing Stunts
How can restaurants shift to more climate friendly, plant-based options without alienating customers?
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?