What It’s Like to Be…a Software Engineer
Tracing mysterious errors to their source, jousting with product managers, and rolling out new features (without breaking the old ones) with Taylor Hughes, a software engineer.
April 23rd, 2025
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April 21st, 2025
Event: 2025 Frontiers Conversation Series
We invite you to a new online conversation series, “Frontiers,” where we’ll host live conversations with people who are pushing the boundaries of behavioral science.
February 16th, 2025
Vibe Check: AI and Behavioral Science in Silicon Valley
Kristen Berman has worked at the intersection of behavioral science and technology in Silicon Valley for the past decade and a half. What’s her on-the-ground view of where AI is headed?
February 02nd, 2025
When Robots Paint: How Will We Decide if AI Art Is Art?
Qualities like intention and essence factor into our decision to deem something “art.” How does AI-generated art align—or not—with what we feel art should be?
December 28th, 2024
Most Read Articles of 2024
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
December 16th, 2024
Behavioral Scientist’s Notable Books of 2024
Our list of noteworthy behavioral science books published in 2024.
December 07th, 2024
Behavioral Science in a Future Far, Far Away
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?
November 07th, 2024
A Conversation with Simon Johnson about Technology and Prosperity
We speak with Nobel Prize winner Simon Johnson about the relationship between technological progress and prosperity, including how societies have made these choices in the past and what our decisions about the current wave of AI could mean for our future.
September 17th, 2024
Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
There are things we need to deliberately and consciously slow down for our own sanity and for our own productivity. If we don’t ask the question about what those things are, we might get things terribly, terribly wrong.
July 31st, 2024
Can We Create a Pattern Language for Behavioral Design?
Psychologies, especially as represented in lists of biases, point out problems. Developing a pattern language would point us to solutions.
