Power of Popularity in Decisions
Posted on26 Aug 2013
TagsMassachusetts Institute of Technology, marketing, leadership, Influence, facts, emotions, decisions, cognitive dissonance, positioning, McGill University, hiring, Abhijit Banerjee, Microsoft Research, Duncan Watts, Matthew Salganik, Matthew Notowidigdo, Fabian Lange, Kory Kroft, rational herding, University of Toronto, University of Chicago, The Economist, problem solving, Princeton University
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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
TagsJordan Peterson, York University, what-if scenarios, University of Toronto, social skills, Scientific American, Sara Zoeterman, Raymond Mar, problem solving, planning, Personality, military, Maja Djikic, Keith Oatley, Jennifer Tackett, introspection, fiction, experience, empathy, emotions, Dalhousie University, computer simulations, Chris Moore, business planning, busines
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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
