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September 24, 2024 andreweverett360

So this is what’s happened to the world: optimization trumps human preference

Rory Sutherland wrote an article for Behavioral Scientist titled Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? (17 September 2024).

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February 24, 2021 andreweverett360

psychology and baseball

Joe Lemire wrote a New York Times article titled This Book Is Not About Baseball. But Baseball Teams Swear by It. Continue reading “psychology and baseball” →

November 8, 2019November 6, 2019 andreweverett360

Nudging the nudgers

Jakob Rusinek of The Decision Lab interviewed David Halpern, Chief Executive of the Behavioral Insights Team (BIT). The audio and the transcript are posted here: Nudging the nudgers, machine learning and personalized interventions: A Conversation with David Halpern.

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