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Nudging Toward a Better Future

January 9, 2009

A new book, Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein describe surprising opportunities to improve the world today, and in doing so, they show how to make a future of accelerating change more livable for poorly informed human beings. The information and concepts have changed my way of thinking about some important issues.

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A Brain Drain to Nowhere

December 19, 2008

Science magazine reports a surprising and important scientific development that has been years in the making: US research faculty now spend an estimated 42% of what they consider “research time” on on pre- and post-award administrative activities — on writing progress reports, satisfying intricate rules for revenue management, working on review boards, and so on. [...]

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Black Swans

December 5, 2008

It seems that whenever I recommend The Black Swan to a friend, the response is “Yes, people have been saying I should read it”, or words to that effect (Rosa and I first heard it recommended by a speaker at a WEF meeting in Dalian, China). In The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly [...]

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