Designing Transport for Humans, Not Econs
It’s common to hear that transport providers are “simply getting people from A to B”: a low-bar ambition that misses the real purpose of much travel.
It’s common to hear that transport providers are “simply getting people from A to B”: a low-bar ambition that misses the real purpose of much travel.
Netflix’s landing page is full of choice architecture tools—plausible paths, smart defaults, and carefully curated descriptions. But it doesn’t do all of the work itself. The platform takes cues from you, too.
The prevailing public and media narrative about social media has often focused on the negatives. Yet social media platforms have proved crucial during India’s COVID-19 crisis. Here’s how we can make sense of it all.
How does our level of agency over a decision influence how culpable we feel, when that decision leads to death?
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for April 2021.
Scott Barry Kaufman speaks with Simon Baron-Cohen about Baron-Cohen’s new book, The Pattern Seekers, which makes the case that the same genes that give rise to autism are and have been crucial to humanity’s propensity to invent and innovate.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for March 2021.
While a nudge might appear effective because a population benefited on average, at the individual level the story could be different. It’s time nudges got personal.
In his latest book, “Think Again”, Adam Grant investigates why we struggle to update our ideas and opinions and how we can get better at it.
Dating in the twenty-first century isn’t easy. Logan Ury, head of relationship science at Hinge, is here to help. She’s written a new book on how behavioral science can help you find and keep love.