Power of Popularity in Decisions
Posted on26 Aug 2013
Tagscognitive dissonance, decisions, University of Toronto, hiring, Abhijit Banerjee, Microsoft Research, Duncan Watts, Matthew Salganik, McGill University, Matthew Notowidigdo, Fabian Lange, Kory Kroft, rational herding, University of Chicago, The Economist, problem solving, Princeton University, positioning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, marketing, leadership, Influence, facts, emotions
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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
How Reading Fiction Improves Social Skills And More
Posted on24 May 2012
TagsUniversity of Toronto, what-if scenarios, York University, social skills, introspection, busines, business planning, Chris Moore, computer simulations, Dalhousie University, emotions, empathy, experience, fiction, Jennifer Tackett, Jordan Peterson, Keith Oatley, Maja Djikic, military, Personality, planning, problem solving, Raymond Mar, Sara Zoeterman, Scientific American
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Most see book worms as socially inept. They use fiction as escape. Yet, studies show that reading fiction improves social skills. This... Read More
Fear of Loss Versus Joy of Gain in Variable Compensation
Posted on19 May 2010
Tagsintuition, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, Tanjim Hossain, subjective, objective, money, loss, joy, John List, gain, fear, emotions, compensation, communication, cognition, approaches, application
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Since intuition is rooted in emotions and thus subjective, intuitive approaches allow us to see a single, objective situation as many. We... Read More
