Behavioral Scientist
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Original, thought-provoking reports from the front lines of behavioral science. Learn more: https://behavioralscientist.org
Behavioral Economics, Then and Now: A Conversation With @aleximas.bsky.social — behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-e...
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Behavioral Economics, Then and Now: A Conversation With @aleximas.bsky.social — behavioralscientist.org/behavioral-e...
"We have a blind spot when it comes to understanding the effects of calling out hypocrisy relentlessly and trying to stamp out hypocrisy completely... [It] erodes our trust in our political institutions and can mean we [elect] even more deceptive politicians."
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October 29, 2025 at 5:45 PM
"We have a blind spot when it comes to understanding the effects of calling out hypocrisy relentlessly and trying to stamp out hypocrisy completely... [It] erodes our trust in our political institutions and can mean we [elect] even more deceptive politicians."
behavioralscientist.org/our-hypocris...
behavioralscientist.org/our-hypocris...
"What if behavioral scientists could identify the relief of the behavioral landscape by working like cartographers?" @dilipsoman.bsky.social asks in his latest piece for Behavioral Scientist. Read it here: behavioralscientist.org/the-behavior...
October 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"What if behavioral scientists could identify the relief of the behavioral landscape by working like cartographers?" @dilipsoman.bsky.social asks in his latest piece for Behavioral Scientist. Read it here: behavioralscientist.org/the-behavior...
Happening Today! — How Can We Continue to Innovate in Behavioral Design? with Piyush Tantia
We'll speak with the former founding executive director and chief innovation officer at ideas42, about how we can continue to innovate in behavioral design. Full info: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
We'll speak with the former founding executive director and chief innovation officer at ideas42, about how we can continue to innovate in behavioral design. Full info: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
October 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Happening Today! — How Can We Continue to Innovate in Behavioral Design? with Piyush Tantia
We'll speak with the former founding executive director and chief innovation officer at ideas42, about how we can continue to innovate in behavioral design. Full info: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
We'll speak with the former founding executive director and chief innovation officer at ideas42, about how we can continue to innovate in behavioral design. Full info: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
4 great reasons to read 1984 with Behavioral Scientist this summer!
1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community
Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:
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1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community
Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
4 great reasons to read 1984 with Behavioral Scientist this summer!
1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community
Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
1. Read a great book
2. Find out for yourself
3. Learn from expert conversations
4. Join a great community
Find out more about this summer's book club and how to join here:
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
We are excited to invite you to our 2025 Summer Book Club. We’ll read George Orwell’s 1984—a classic novel about a future society overcome by a totalitarian regime and the citizens trying to break free.
Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...
Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are excited to invite you to our 2025 Summer Book Club. We’ll read George Orwell’s 1984—a classic novel about a future society overcome by a totalitarian regime and the citizens trying to break free.
Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...
Find out more and join today: behavioralscientist.org/announcing-b...
Check out this week’s Email Edition: ‘Radical Uncertainty’ and Trump’s On-again, Off-again Tariffs — Plus, a conversation between Dean Karlan and Nicholas Kristof, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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May 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out this week’s Email Edition: ‘Radical Uncertainty’ and Trump’s On-again, Off-again Tariffs — Plus, a conversation between Dean Karlan and Nicholas Kristof, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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“We’ll go from a world where our bias was to take everything as evidence to one where our bias is to take nothing as evidence.” — Nicholas Carr
Read more: behavioralscientist.org/what-happens...
Read more: behavioralscientist.org/what-happens...
May 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“We’ll go from a world where our bias was to take everything as evidence to one where our bias is to take nothing as evidence.” — Nicholas Carr
Read more: behavioralscientist.org/what-happens...
Read more: behavioralscientist.org/what-happens...
"We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S." (video) by @marcishore.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social, and Jason Stanley for The New York Times, plus more of what we're reading and watching this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"We Study Fascism, and We’re Leaving the U.S." (video) by @marcishore.bsky.social, @timothysnyder.bsky.social, and Jason Stanley for The New York Times, plus more of what we're reading and watching this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
This week’s Email Edition is here: What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth? — Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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May 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
This week’s Email Edition is here: What Happens When AI-Generated Lies Are More Compelling than the Truth? — Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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“America Is Erasing the Data the World Needs” by Shaida Badiee, Joel Gurin, and @clairemelamed.bsky.social for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
“America Is Erasing the Data the World Needs” by Shaida Badiee, Joel Gurin, and @clairemelamed.bsky.social for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
This week, from the archive: Cass Sunstein on why a paper by two philosophers on the difference between picking and choosing continues to influence his thinking: behavioralscientist.org/ask-behavior...
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Join our upcoming event w/ Sunstein: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
May 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This week, from the archive: Cass Sunstein on why a paper by two philosophers on the difference between picking and choosing continues to influence his thinking: behavioralscientist.org/ask-behavior...
Join our upcoming event w/ Sunstein: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
Join our upcoming event w/ Sunstein: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
“When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History” by John Pavlus for @quantamagazine.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History” by John Pavlus for @quantamagazine.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
This week’s Email Edition is here: The Parenthood Uncertainty Trap, Picking vs. Choosing, Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
This week’s Email Edition is here: The Parenthood Uncertainty Trap, Picking vs. Choosing, Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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“My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’” by Molly Young for @nytimes.com, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“My Miserable Week in the ‘Happiest Country on Earth’” by Molly Young for @nytimes.com, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
With our conversation w/ Rory Sutherland this Wednesday, it’s time to revisit two of his articles.
1. Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? - behavioralscientist.org/are-we-too-i...
2. Is Everything BS? - behavioralscientist.org/is-everythin...
Join us: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
1. Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? - behavioralscientist.org/are-we-too-i...
2. Is Everything BS? - behavioralscientist.org/is-everythin...
Join us: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
May 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
With our conversation w/ Rory Sutherland this Wednesday, it’s time to revisit two of his articles.
1. Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? - behavioralscientist.org/are-we-too-i...
2. Is Everything BS? - behavioralscientist.org/is-everythin...
Join us: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
1. Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent? - behavioralscientist.org/are-we-too-i...
2. Is Everything BS? - behavioralscientist.org/is-everythin...
Join us: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
“A World of Unintended Consequences” by Edward Tenner for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“A World of Unintended Consequences” by Edward Tenner for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
Happening this Wednesday: Don't Forget the Human with Rory Sutherland
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Start time: 9:00 am San Francisco | 12:00 pm New York | 5:00 pm London | 6:00 pm Berlin
Duration: 45 – 60 minutes
Reserve your spot: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Start time: 9:00 am San Francisco | 12:00 pm New York | 5:00 pm London | 6:00 pm Berlin
Duration: 45 – 60 minutes
Reserve your spot: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
May 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Happening this Wednesday: Don't Forget the Human with Rory Sutherland
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Start time: 9:00 am San Francisco | 12:00 pm New York | 5:00 pm London | 6:00 pm Berlin
Duration: 45 – 60 minutes
Reserve your spot: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
Date: Wednesday, May 7
Start time: 9:00 am San Francisco | 12:00 pm New York | 5:00 pm London | 6:00 pm Berlin
Duration: 45 – 60 minutes
Reserve your spot: behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
This week’s Email Edition is here: Why Simplicity Can Be Strength in a Complex World — Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This week’s Email Edition is here: Why Simplicity Can Be Strength in a Complex World — Plus, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
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“Pope Francis and the Path to a Just Economy,” by @martinguzman.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
May 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“Pope Francis and the Path to a Just Economy,” by @martinguzman.bsky.social and @josephestiglitz.bsky.social for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social, plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
Check out our new online conversation series, Frontiers. The series will showcase behavioral science perspectives on contemporary issues, cutting edge approaches to applying behavioral science, and conversations on the craft of behavioral science and design.
behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Check out our new online conversation series, Frontiers. The series will showcase behavioral science perspectives on contemporary issues, cutting edge approaches to applying behavioral science, and conversations on the craft of behavioral science and design.
behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
behavioralscientist.org/event-2025-f...
Check out our latest Email Edition: In Uncertain Times, Get Curious — plus, How Behaviorally-Informed Technologies Are Shaping Global Aid, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
April 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Check out our latest Email Edition: In Uncertain Times, Get Curious — plus, How Behaviorally-Informed Technologies Are Shaping Global Aid, what we’re reading this week and more: mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
“A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice,” by Molly Fischer for @newyorker.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
April 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“A University President Makes a Case Against Cowardice,” by Molly Fischer for @newyorker.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
Check out our latest Email Edition: Spring Break and March Recap
Catch up on any articles you missed over March, revisit an article you loved, or forward a favorite to a friend!
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
Catch up on any articles you missed over March, revisit an article you loved, or forward a favorite to a friend!
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
April 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Check out our latest Email Edition: Spring Break and March Recap
Catch up on any articles you missed over March, revisit an article you loved, or forward a favorite to a friend!
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
Catch up on any articles you missed over March, revisit an article you loved, or forward a favorite to a friend!
mailchi.mp/behavioralsc...
“You should be setting rejection goals” by @jilliana.bsky.social for @vox.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
April 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“You should be setting rejection goals” by @jilliana.bsky.social for @vox.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...