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Monthly Archive February, 2011

Do helmets make sports more violent?

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Do helmets make sports more violent?

Fitness plan charges you more for working out less

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ON COMMITMENT DEVICE BUSINESSES AND SOFT CONTRACTS This week, our former home, the Center for the Decision Sciences at Columbia University, has turned us on to this article about a fitness plan that charges you more if you work out less. Yes, it’s a business putting applied behavioral economics to work, not unlike Stickk.com or […]

Max Planck Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality

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APPLICATIONS NOW ACCEPTED FOR JUNE 21-28, 2011 SUMMER SCHOOL IN BERLIN Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality Foundations of an Interdisciplinary Decision Theory 21 – 28 June, 2011 Directed by Gerd Gigerenzer Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany It is our pleasure to announce the Summer Institute on […]

That wasn’t so great

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This week, the Decision Science News editor talks about “premium experiences” and counter-evidence to the idea that things don’t bring happiness.