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Easing the Pain This Holiday Season
The image (and jingle) of the bells of Salvation Army volunteers is almost as synonymous with the holiday season as Santa Claus himself. However, the New York Times reported last month that a change may…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / DECEMBER 1 2011
Carreker Happens
Did you know that free checking works by exploiting the everyday cash shortages of the poorest in our country? There is a company that dresses it up and sells it to banks. I recently…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology, Money / OCTOBER 25 2011
Big City, Small Robot
Several years ago, I began to make human-dependent cardboard robots and place them on the streets of New York City. These little robots, which came to be known as Tweenbots (a combination of the…
Behavioral Economics & Psychology / AUGUST 4 2011
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Help surprise Dan for his 50th birthday
People all over the world will photograph themselves holding a sign with one word, which will be combined into a birthday story sent to Dan Ariely for his 50th birthday, this April 29th If…
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab
Now Accepting Applications for the CAH Startup Lab Dan Ariely’s Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke is now accepting applications for its second cohort of the Startup Lab, which begins October 2016. Health and…
All You Need Is a Little Encouragement from Your Friends
This post originally appeared on the Pattern Health blog. My phone buzzes with a text. “Who’s running?” asks my friend Ankoor. ?♀️ replies Eileen; she’s in. I perform a slow mental wince at the…
Saving By Spending
This week, I visited a camera store to order two enlarged prints as a gift. I don’t order photo prints very often; in fact, I’m not sure that I have ever ordered prints aside…