The Imperfect Life
The day is never coming when all the other stuff will be “out of the way,” so you can turn at last to building a life of meaning and accomplishment that hums with vitality. For finite humans, the time for that has to be now.
The day is never coming when all the other stuff will be “out of the way,” so you can turn at last to building a life of meaning and accomplishment that hums with vitality. For finite humans, the time for that has to be now.
The history of behavioral science is minuscule relative to its future. As we look ahead, what questions will behavioral scientists be called upon to answer?
In June 2012, North Waziristan’s Taliban leader issued a fatwa banning polio vaccination campaigns. The violence came swiftly.
As important as our ideas are the words we choose to represent them. If we’re not careful, they can take on a life of their own.
Recognizing that civic engagement tends to fizzle over time, we developed the Civic Action Time Capsule, a tool that enables people to capture and share their civic motivation at its peak with their future selves.
If communities are more interconnected before a disaster strikes, they may be better equipped to survive and rebuild in its aftermath.