We’re all at the mercy of the intent / behavior gap. This gap means that our underlying motives and our outward actions don’t always go hand in hand. We can thank Mother Nature; she has – to a large degree...
The Republicans said no to a wide range of presidential primary hopefuls, instead settling on Donald Trump. Hillary Clinton has all but won the Democratic nomination, but only after a significant challenge by self-described...
Photo by Isabel Eyre, via Flickr Which would you rather have: A 50 / 50 chance of winning $500 or nothing $250 for sure Many people prefer the sure $250 over the gamble… even though the lottery has the same expected value...
Photo by Mark Harkin, via Flickr Virgin Atlantic Airways recently partnered with top-notch researchers at the London School of Economics and the University of Chicago in an attempt to get their pilots to save jet fuel (and the...
Photo: Marc Levin, via Flickr After writing a piece on concerns about blood-testing disruptor Theranos, I had the pleasure of being on the business end of Mark Cuban’s fury. And for that, I am truly...
Photo: DonkeyHotey via Flickr Just a couple of quick observations about how Trump is currently being framed in the 2016 US Presidential election. First, how Team Trump is framing The Donald. Then a look at how the Clinton...
Photo: Daniel X. O’Neil via Flickr Angela Duckworth’s new book on grit is exploding. In fact, it’s moving so quickly that her nuanced take on the concept is being trampled in the process. Everyone’s...
Photo: frankieleon via Flickr As I’ve noted before, parents who are against vaccinating their kids not only put their own children at risk, they put other kids at risk as well. My back-of-the-envelope estimate is that this...
Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes speaks with TechCrunch’s Jonathan Shieber. Photo: TechCrunch via Flickr. Between the medical academic community crying foul over the med-tech startup’s lack of transparency and the...
Photo by Gage Skidmore, Flickr Quiz time! I will give you a brief description of a movie; your job is to guess the movie. [1] Movie A: A young man and woman from different social classes fall in love aboard an ill-fated voyage at...
