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Analyzing 1.1 Billion NYC Taxi and Uber Trips, with a Vengeance
May 22, 2018Thoughts on @R_Thaler & @CassSunstein’s Nudge
http://BLOG.gerstein.info/2018/05/thoughts-on-thaler-sunsteins-nudge.html General points about human decision making, with practical
implications for one’s day-to-day life HT @Rozowsky
The Apple Watch has found a surprisingly useful home with everyone that works on their feet — Quartz
May 22, 2018The Apple Watch has found a surprisingly useful home with everyone that works on their feet — Quartz
https://qz.com/1282210/the-apple-watch-has-found-a-surprisingly-useful-home-in-the-service-industry/
iPhone Notebook export for Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
May 20, 2018Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Thaler, Richard H.; Sunstein, Cass R.
Citation (APA): Thaler, R. H., & Sunstein, C. R. (2009). Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
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Introduction
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Carolyn is what we will be calling a choice architect. A choice architect has the responsibility for organizing the context in which people make decisions.
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Libertarian Paternalism
Part I Humans and Econs
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Not surprisingly, Humans differ dramatically from Econs in how they deal with money.
Part IV Freedom
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Waiver of the right to sue is just one way that doctors and patients can benefit from freedom of contract.
Part V Extensions and Objections
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Highlight(pink) – 16 A Dozen Nudges > Page 236 · Location 3864 Filters for air conditioners; the helpful red light. In hot weather, people depend on air conditioners, and many central air-conditioning systems need their filters changed regularly.
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FOXP2 – Wikipedia
May 20, 2018Demic diffusion – Wikipedia
May 20, 2018https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demic_diffusion
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Demic diffusion, as opposed to trans-cultural diffusion, is a demographic term referring to a migratory model, developed by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, of population diffusion into and across an area that had been previously uninhabited by that group, possibly, but not necessarily, displacing, replacing, or intermixing with a pre-existing population (such as has been suggested for the spread of agriculture across Neolithic Europe and several other Landnahme events). “}}
ADNI Website
May 20, 2018Subliminal stimuli – Wikipedia
May 19, 2018https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_stimuli
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The subjective threshold is 30 to 50 ms slower than the objective threshold
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