New site just launched 🍷
👉 pourbetterdecisions.co.uk
Pour Better Decisions blends behavioural science and wine tasting to show how context shapes the choices we make.
A few sessions already booked before Christmas — still time to mix CPD with your festive cheer.
#BehaviouralScience #WineTasting
Ingenious research by @dorsaamir.bsky.social & @chazfirestone.bsky.social suggests (well frankly it really *convincingly shows* 😎) that the Müller-Lyer illusion is not culturally determined, but rooted deep within us (and not even optical): https://buff.ly/40PxEOL
TL;DR:🧵 https://buff.ly/40PsQJ2
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The rise of plant poaching: how a craze for succulents is driving a new illegal trade on.ft.com/4hlzCfi
🚀 The Art of Behavioural Investing – Coming Soon!
Excited to announce The Art of Behavioural Investing, a new online course created in partnership with 42courses to help investors overcome the psychological biases that can affect their financial decisions.
www.42courses.com/courses/the-...
Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7
Britons have ‘lowest appetite’ for stock market investing in the G7 on.ft.com/4a3FIOM
Beautifully sunny frosty day for a swim. Air temp 3c; water just over 6c; 600m.
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#SoundSeeker
Midnight Mass at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social
AI’s assault on our intellectual property must be stopped
AI’s assault on our intellectual property must be stopped on.ft.com/3DBMO0C
I might have to sadly concede this point - many also seem surprisingly bothered about Gregg Wallace…
Though I suspect both those camps were tiny in comparison to the predominant yawn-we’ve-got-much-better-things-to-get-worked-up-about camp?
Tis the season … to avoid tired carols and listen to more interesting contemporary Xmas fare. Here Sir Christèmas by William Mathias (1971)
#SoundSeeker
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Sang The Messiah this evening at @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social - alongside my daughter for the first time! #girlchoristers #ProudDad #SoundSeeker
A deep dive into the story behind Handel’s ‘Messiah’
A deep dive into the story behind Handel’s ‘Messiah’ on.ft.com/4eZUAOT
I recently became a trustee of EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, and we’re raising funds to record groundbreaking 16th-century microtonal music - never recorded before!
Very few choirs are capable of performing this complex music a cappella.
Please help this happen!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/143...
Captures it beautifully!
Somehow my whole family made it into this … except me 😂
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Are investment platforms delivering sufficiently on their purpose?
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#SoundSeeker #SonicInspiration #DailyResonance
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I recently became a trustee of EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, and we’re raising funds to record groundbreaking 16th-century microtonal music - never recorded before!
Very few choirs are capable of performing this complex music a cappella.
Please help this happen!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/143...
How Should Risk Tolerance Assessments Differ Between Accumulation and Decumulation?
www.oxfordrisk.com/blog-posts/h...
I seem to have stayed on your Finance one from 1st attempt, but not stuck on JDM after 2 attempts … Bluesky may be trying to tell me something about my place in the world 😂
Securing an income is no-longer purely a mathematical calculation
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No prob! Thanks for the valuable public service!
👋 yes please 🙏🏻
Seems good value tbh 🤷♂️
