Earlier this week, my wife and two kids all wrapped up their second round of antibiotics for their second round of ear infections and strep throat. We’re stuck inside and the sickness has gone around and around…
Why we’re doing the opposite of the home-learning advice we’ve heard
I feel like a hypocrite to write this, because my last few days have been anything but productive or systematic. There have been heavy sicknesses here however (Strep for two, plus an ear infection for the youngest). My family is now recovering fine and last night we got our first night of sleep! The rest of this info holds true even if I’ve not been a shining example…
Humans don’t always have the best understanding of what we want, or how to get there.
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Tonight I watched a bit of Mark Joyner’s webinar for building wealth in 2020. Joyner is a pioneer in online marketing and wrote the book MindControlMarketing.com (you can read the PRL review here).
I like to attend these to learn what they offer… and to gain a few gems of wisdom.
Photo “goodbye” by frankieleon, Flickr, CC-By-2.0(more…)
Social Media companies find themselves in a tough spot. A “verified account” is viewed as an authority… but what if it’s a fake account? And what of the real accounts that aren’t verified? The selection process puts a question mark over the trustworthiness of our gatekeepers.
Some 50 years after Detroit’s trees were cut down —either for law enforcement reasons or for Dutch Elms disease— the residents are wary to plant new trees. The history of trees in Detroit shows how people can have two vastly different understandings of the same set of facts, and how persuading people takes more than just telling them what’s good for them.
Richard Thaler is a co-author of Nudge (PRL writeup here) and a professor of behavioral economics, exploring why people make decisions that may not appear rational.
