Ben Bushong
@benbushong.com
Visiting Harvard University and HBS, 25-26
Associate Professor at Michigan State. Formerly: Harvard, Caltech, Oregon.
Using psychology ✕ economics to explore people's beliefs and choices. All opinions my own.
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web: benbushong.com
Associate Professor at Michigan State. Formerly: Harvard, Caltech, Oregon.
Using psychology ✕ economics to explore people's beliefs and choices. All opinions my own.
🐶 + 🧠 + 📚 + 🏃🏽+ 🌈 + 🩵
web: benbushong.com
This tweet is almost lab-grown for my likes.
FINE, HERE: TAKE MY ENGAGEMENT!
FINE, HERE: TAKE MY ENGAGEMENT!
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This tweet is almost lab-grown for my likes.
FINE, HERE: TAKE MY ENGAGEMENT!
FINE, HERE: TAKE MY ENGAGEMENT!
Don't be nervous to ask.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Don't be nervous to ask.
Hard agree. This psychology is pervasive. “An outsider can fix it” is a strange idea in some sense.
I don’t offer this as an excuse for government to avoid tackling big problems, but more of an endorsement for developing reasoned strategies ex ante.
I don’t offer this as an excuse for government to avoid tackling big problems, but more of an endorsement for developing reasoned strategies ex ante.
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Hard agree. This psychology is pervasive. “An outsider can fix it” is a strange idea in some sense.
I don’t offer this as an excuse for government to avoid tackling big problems, but more of an endorsement for developing reasoned strategies ex ante.
I don’t offer this as an excuse for government to avoid tackling big problems, but more of an endorsement for developing reasoned strategies ex ante.
Schrödinger’s indictment has both two and three counts (but also neither two nor three counts).
November 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Schrödinger’s indictment has both two and three counts (but also neither two nor three counts).
And (quelle surprise) I have never gotten "Mr."
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
And (quelle surprise) I have never gotten "Mr."
…but like, glass houses amirite?
November 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
…but like, glass houses amirite?
This is basically the plot of a recent Black Mirror episode.
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is basically the plot of a recent Black Mirror episode.
Thanks for doing this. Not trying to virtue signal but DM if you’re down to take some cash. I’ll throw enough money for a domain name too. Best to make this easy for folks. (Will delete this comment relatively quickly cause it ain’t about me.)
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Thanks for doing this. Not trying to virtue signal but DM if you’re down to take some cash. I’ll throw enough money for a domain name too. Best to make this easy for folks. (Will delete this comment relatively quickly cause it ain’t about me.)