Why People Find It Hard Liking Very Good People
People find it hard liking very good people. For instance, people find the rude more powerful than the respected. Reasons for will... Read More
The Law, A False Sense of Morality?
Posted on24 Mar 2014
Tagscognitive dissonance, ethics, financial markets, healthcare, Jesse Willms, Julie Rasmussen, law, Microsoft, moral, Oprah Winfrey, patriotism, Rosa Parks, rules, The Atlantic, Twitter, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
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Our Twitter exchange regarding a quote of mine encouraged Dr. Julie Rasmussen to suggest that I incorporate it into a post. She... Read More
Power of Popularity in Decisions
Posted on26 Aug 2013
TagsAbhijit Banerjee, cognitive dissonance, decisions, Duncan Watts, emotions, Fabian Lange, facts, hiring, Influence, Kory Kroft, leadership, marketing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Matthew Notowidigdo, Matthew Salganik, McGill University, Microsoft Research, positioning, Princeton University, problem solving, rational herding, The Economist, University of Chicago, University of Toronto
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Popularity influences our decisions to the point that we often subjugate our desires to what is popular. It’s a form of peer... Read More
Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tags1984, A Few Good Men, cognitive dissonance, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, labels, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
