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• Facebook: So Long. Sort of., by Art Carden

  
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  In response to precipitous increases in the opportunity cost of my time and my wish to Avoid News , Ive scaled back my presence on social media. I still maintain Economics in One Meme and a still-nascent "professional" Facebook page , where my posts, articles, and stuff like that will still appear, but Im in the ...
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• Who Am I?

  
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  Unlike the relatively stable genome, the menome is always changing. read more
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• Asperity Parity: How to Argue Forcefully Yet Fairly

  
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  Asperity Parity is being as rhetorically rough as your debate partner but no rougher. Its a key to having creative, expansive debates. Truth springs from arguments amongst friends, which requires the ability to argue and stay friends. You cant afford to be too blunt or too tentative, not by some absolute standard but ...
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• Keynesian Bets: Whats Out There, by Bryan Caplan

  
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  As far as I can tell, none of the comments on my Keynesian bet bleg point out or propose a Keynesian bet.  On Twitter, however, Noah Smith alerted me to the existence of the following Smith-DeLong bet : If, at any time between 7/28/2012 and 7/28/2015, core consumer prices, as recorded in the FRED database series ...
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• The Arrogance of Prayer

  
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  What’s at stake in the science/religion is as practical as the difference between having a thousand dollars in the bank or a billion, or between having no connections or ear of the most power leaders on earth—indeed more powerful: Can God Override nature on your behalf? Here we explore how we can, do, and should ...
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• Bargaining with Your Adolescent

  
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  The capacity to strike working bargains in adult relationships can be taught by parents to children during the adolescent years when differences and disagreements become more common as the teenagers push for individuality and independence becomes more pronounced. The instruction is worth the effort. read more
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• The Mystery of Trust Deepens

  
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  The decision to trust (vs. not) is recurring and of vital interest. People use all the cues they can get to make this decision, including invalid ones. If we could only tell the difference between the trustworthy and the untrustworthy by just looking at them. But we cannot. read more
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• Bill Gates and Better Condoms: Error 404?

  
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  A new condom could boost penile sensation, but the majority of todays safe-sex challenge may well lie in the software of the brain. read more
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• Why Every “P” Needs a Few Good “J”s

  
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  We all have different cognitive styles, and designing a cognitively diverse team can help facilitate success. Every P needs a few good J’s. read more
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• Why "Retail Therapy" Works

  
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  New research shows that shopping actually can be "therapeutic." read more
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• The Ultimate Incentive: Take This Job and Win a Puppy

  
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  Capitalizing on the affection associated with the human-dog bond, a Seattle company has launched a new hiring campaign. They are offering a free puppy as an incentive to engineers specializing in information technology that they want to employ. Even if you simply refer a specialist to them, if he or she is eventually ...
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• Shutupsmanship: Mankind’s Eternal Quest For The Last Word

  
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  A friend takes frequent woods walks with a spiritual buddy. On the walks the spiritual buddy talks freely, but whenever my friend talks, the spiritualists shushes her saying, “Let’s just enjoy the present moment OK?”Typical and telling. We all need ways to say shut up, if for no other reason than that theres a ...
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• The economics of thought

  
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  I’ve been studying thought a lot lately.   Not the abstract idea, the literal exercise of thinking.   More to wit, how to think more efficiently to produce the work I want, with the results I need.   I know how to think; we all do to a certain point. It’s an innate mechanism of [...]
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• Why do we cling to the myth of the "self-made man?"

  
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  Some recent experts have reaffirmed a perception that both the belief in the “self-made man” and the benefits of meritocracy are largely myths and don’t serve society well. read more
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• Do You Have the Strength to Lead?

  
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  Being a leader takes strength -- not physical strength, but inner strength. Here is a way to assess leader strength. It involves understanding leader character. read more
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• From Matter to Mattering: The Origin of Lifes Meaning

  
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  Contrary to popular scientific opinion, information isnt just physical changes. Information means something to someone. Heres a theory about how meaning and someones originated in a universe that didnt start with any, an explanation for how the matter of physics and chemistry could ever become the mattering you ...
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• Of Rewards, OD and passing the buck

  
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  “ Compensation decisions are based entirely on the market and business situations. Our objective is to achieve the right balance between ‘need to pay’ which is based on the market scenario and the ‘ability to pay’ which is based on the company scenario”, said the Rewards Manager. “Wouldn’t that make ...
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• Scientists Are Wrong About the Meaning of Life

  
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  There is no God, and from what we can tell nothing means anything to the universe. Still, that doesnt mean that your life is meaningless. Scientists today treat all behavior as things bumping into things and changing them. Here we expose popular scientific misconceptions about what information is and point toward a ...
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• The Intangible Value of What You’re Selling

  
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  My daughter P, just sent me this interesting TED talk about the intangible value of the stuff we market. This isn’t the old “Sell Benefits, Not Features” talk. This isn’t about coming up with new stuff to sell. It’s about finding creative ways to add value by changing your audience’s perception about what ...
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• What is the difference between behavioral economics and behavioral finance?

  
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  Question by TayTay : What is the difference between behavioral economics and behavioral finance? thanks! (: Best answer: Answer by Mohammad 1. Behavioral economics and the related field, behavioral finance, study the effects of social, cognitive and emotional factors on the economic decisions of individuals ...
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