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Behavioral Science in a Future Far, Far Away - by Nathaniel Barr and Kelly Peters - Behavioral Scientist The history of behavioral science is minuscule relative to its future. As we look ahead, what questions will behavioral scientists be called upon to answer?

A Wednesday perspective from Nathaniel Barr & @kellypeters.bsky.social, from the archive: The history of behavioral science is minuscule relative to its future. Looking ahead, what questions will behavioral scientists be called to answer?

Would be interesting to understand how your research might inform how governments should coordinate w citizens on difficult budgetary choices.

Handy who's who for the economists and behavioural scientists.

Fascinating to see that the apotheosis of reason & logic, the arbiters of sound judgment, can be persuaded by a little bit of social proof.

Bumping this.

I like exercises that have us work through the details of possible imagined futures.

This one caught my attention because it was positioned as “a little nudge towards hope.”

I agree that this imagined future succeeds in nudging out the nihilism we might foresee because existential risk.

A life saving example of a nudge in action.

BE cited to explain casual real-world observation. Nicely done.

Lovely use of BE.

Your Summer Reading List.

5 Examples of How Behavioral Economics Can Influence Patient Behavior - Center for Health Incentives and Behavioral Economics (CHIBE) How can we help patients make decisions that are in their best interests? Behavioral economics is a field full of tools that can make the right choice the easy one to make for patients. Gamification, ...

See 5 examples of how behavioral economics principles have been used to improve the lives of patients. chibe.upenn.edu/blog/5-examp...

[Article Publication] Here it is : www.nature.com/articles/s41...

For people interested by the relations between behavioral economics and political philosophy.

The magic of anchoring in behavioral economics!

He reset the status quo, so this *feels* like a dramatic improvement.

Tesla closed up 10 percent today at $237/share. It's P=E ratio is $118 - an astronomical number that would have scared every intelligent investor off until fairly recently. This is a case that behavioral economics was created for. 3/

I’m honored to be named Advocate of the Year for the 29th Annual Webbys!

Every day, I fight to make sure our communities are seen, heard, and protected—so to be recognized for that work at the Webbys means the world. Follow along on Monday, May 12 at #Webbys.

What DEI threatens isn’t merit. It’s monopoly. Political science professor Hakeem Jefferson argues for DEI's importance to de-monopolizing universities.

A colleague at Stanford’s business school used The Stanford Daily to argue—poorly—against DEI. The piece was riddled with historical errors and left one searching for fact, so I broke my public writing hiatus to respond.

I hope you’ll read and share the piece.

stanforddaily.com/2025/04/22/w...

2025 DC Plan Summit: Understanding the modern mindset for DC plan member engagement With climate change affecting the planet and artificial intelligence disrupting the concept of work, a profound generational shift is underway in how young people are thinking about their futures. “Wh...

The topic existential risk is permeating many facets of society. This article features some of our research on its effects on GenZ & their (bleak) outlook on the future, & how it, along w today's high cost of living, is affecting long term financial savings. www.benefitscanada.com/events/confe...

COVID-19＆depression: New and detailed evidence from NHANES This study aimed to investigate the changes in depression prevalence among American adults following the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional study de…

Beijing researchers analyzed data from over 13,000 US adults and found depression rose from 8.45% pre-COVID to 12.2% post-pandemic, with the sharpest jump to 16.6% in those aged 20–39.

The mental health impact of COVID is still unfolding.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In conversation with Timothy Snyder “On Freedom” and the future of democracy #DXC25

I bet your family plays a phenomenal game.

The holidays might be a good time to start a new habit for slow science.

Report: Hospitals Rarely Advise Doctors on How to Treat Patients Under Abortion Bans Doctors described hospital lawyers who “refused to meet” with them for months, were hard to reach during “life or death” situations and offered little help beyond “regurgitating” the law, according to...

Huge scoop from @propublica.org reporter Kavitha Surana today that you must read. The Senate emergency health post Dobbs report highlights how hospitals rarely advise doctors on how to treat patients under abortion bans.
www.propublica.org/article/abor...

COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people

It still astonishes me that more people in politics and our media pretend to be concerned about kids having missed school than kids having been killed or sickened by Covid.

Who’s really to blame—and who isn’t—for America’s traffic death epidemic Politicians love to say that ‘road safety is a shared responsibility,’ but the reality is that some groups have a much larger duty than others.

“In reality, the duty to prevent collisions should fall on the road engineers, car companies, and public officials who create the system in which people drive, bike, or walk—and not on road users themselves.” — @davidzipper.bsky.social in @fastcompany.com #VisionZero

What are you implying by asking if he has been vaccinated?

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Bidens alba… likely the most underappreciated of all Florida's wildflowers.

It is often considered a weed because it is nonnative, but it is serves pollinators.

The leaves are used to brew tea in some cultures. Their flowers are also edible.

It doesn’t cast him positively
“W no medical or public health training..promoting ‘alternative’ health practices, spreading vaxx misinformation& embracing conspiracy theories..could lead to ..medicines that lack scientific evidence..authorization… of ineffective & dubious therapies, drugs, herbs…”

Has anyone made the block list for AVers?