Prof Cass Sunstein on how social change happens, and why it’s so often abrupt & unpredictable It can often feel hopeless to be an activist seeking social change on an obscure issue where most people seem opposed or at best … Continue reading Social change
Deepfakes Are Coming. We Can No Longer Believe What We See On June 1, 2019, the Daily Beast published a story exposing the creator of a now infamous fake video that appeared to show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi drunkenly slurring … Continue reading Fake videos
In Stores, Secret Surveillance Tracks Your Every Move Imagine you are shopping in your favorite grocery store. As you approach the dairy aisle, you are sent a push notification in your phone: “10 percent off your favorite yogurt! Click here … Continue reading Beacons are watching you
An (accidental) behavioural economist takes a break Taking some time off work changes one’s focus and perspective, but some thought processes just keep on running. If observing and seeking to understand human behaviour is your stock in trade, a holiday … Continue reading Our quirky behaviour
Psychology Has Been Greatly Enriched By Concepts From Non-English Languages (And Why It Should Engage Cross-Culturally Even More) The novelist David Foster Wallace famously told a story of two young fish swimming in the sea, whereby an older fish glides … Continue reading The linguistic relativity
Why the Name of a Country Is Its Brand Swaziland is in the process of becoming Eswatini. Celebrating a 50th birthday last year (as a nation and it was the king’s 50th too), the Swazi king proclaimed the new name. … Continue reading Country branding
Avast Business report may help explain why users are resisting Microsoft’s BlueKeep patch Read a new report from Avast Business to find out why users are resisting an easy patch that could prevent Microsoft’s BlueKeep vulnerability from becoming a major … Continue reading The psychology behind software updates
