Posts from the ‘Economics’ category

Complete quests for riches and glory to help herald the paperback release of You Are Not So Smart

Below these words, you will find 10 quests, each offering a prize should you complete the challenges therein.

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YANSS Podcast – Episode Five

Andrew Potter is the guest on this episode of the You Are Not So Smart podcast. He wrote the book The Authenticity Hoax and co wrote The Rebel Sell.

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Book News – YANSS Now Available in the UK

The You Are Not So Smart book is now available in the UK and all the places that can get things shipped from Amazon.co.uk.

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Formal Sweatpants Procrastination Comic

Josh Mecouch over at Formal Sweatpants created a new comic based on a YANSS post a while back on procrastination. Thanks, Josh. This is great. That post discussed the concept of future self vs. present self, and how present bias affects your ability to predict how you will behave and make choices over time.

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The Overjustification Effect

Money, fame, and prestige – they dangle just outside your reach it seems, encouraging you to lean farther and farther over the edge, to study longer and longer, to work harder and harder. When someone reminds you that acquiring currency while ignoring all else shouldn’t be your primary goal in life, it feels good. You retweet it. You post it on your wall. You forward it, and then you go back to work.

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Free Signed Bookplates – Free Kindlegraphs

Concerning the book – the bookplate offer has been a great success (as evidenced by those beautiful faces up there), so now you can get a…

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The Sunk Cost Fallacy

The Misconception: You make rational decisions based on the future value of objects, investments and experiences. The Truth: Your decisions are tainted by the emotional investments…

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Procrastination

The Misconception: You procrastinate because you are lazy and can’t manage your time well. The Truth: Procrastination is fueled by weakness in the face of impulse…

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Anchoring Effect

The Misconception: You rationally analyze all factors before making a choice or determining value. The Truth: Your first perception lingers in your mind, affecting later perceptions…

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Fanboyism and Brand Loyalty

The Misconception: You prefer the things you own over the things you don’t because you made rational choices when we bought them. The Truth: You prefer…

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