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Society

The Art and Science of Arguing: A Conversation with Mehdi Hasan

In his new book, Win Every Argument, Mehdi Hasan lays out his approach to debate and persuasion. Dave Nussbaum sits down with him to learn more.

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Business

The Magic of Knowing When to Use Concrete vs. Abstract Language

When trying to make language either more concrete or more abstract, one helpful approach is to focus on either the how or the why.

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Technology

Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Tracing the Story of Psychological Targeting on Social Media

A rigorous assessment of whether psychological targeting on social media can influence our behavior has remained elusive. Until recently.

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Society

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.

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Business

The Psychology of Overhead Aversion—and What It Means for Charitable Work

Why are people so averse to paying charities’ overhead costs? What could knowing more about overhead aversion mean for successful fundraising? We conducted an experiment to find out.

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Science

Let’s Talk Less About ‘Irrationality’

The term “irrationality” may encourage overconfidence that prevents behavioral scientists from looking more deeply into what’s driving behavior.

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Science

Three Tensions Behavioral Design Must Navigate

Design’s development from buzzy hotshot to established practice offers insight into the path behavioral design could take and the choices it will face along the way.

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Science

The Real Opportunities for Empowering People through Behavioral Science

There’s much to be gained by broadening out from designing choice architecture with little input from those who use it. But we need to change the way we talk about the options.

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Science

Rewiring Organizations for Behavioral Science

If behavioral science is baked into the core structures of the organization, then it will continue to produce benefits, regardless of the leadership’s decorative preferences.

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Science

Psychology’s Increased Rigor Is Good News. But Is It Only Good News?

We should have greater confidence than before that findings we read about in journals will replicate. What’s good about this is evident. But do we pay a price for increased rigor?

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