Encouraging Retirement Planning through Behavioural Insights As part of the Ontario Securities Commission’s strategy and action plan to respond to the needs and priorities of Ontario seniors, described in OSC- Staff Notice 11-779, Seniors Strategy (the Seniors Strategy), we have … Continue reading Plans for retirement
The Facts Are Disappearing. It’s Up to You to Save Them These are confusing times, and they’re getting worse. On the one hand, there’s tons of misinformation: Some of it is disseminated through technology, trolls, and bots; some through Trump’s … Continue reading The challenge of lies
How Twitter Made The Tech World’s Most Unlikely Comeback Two years ago, people were writing eulogies for Twitter. Rudderless and without product direction, the company was losing users and advertisers, and seemed unable to contain a metastasizing trolling crisis that … Continue reading A Rocky-like comeback
Shops Aren’t for Shopping Anymore In the year 2000 at Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio, Abercrombie and Fitch opened the first location of its new shop, Hollister, and set Midwestern high schoolers like myself California dreaming. Designed with a … Continue reading In the palm of your hand
People who think their opinions are superior to others are most prone to overestimating their relevant knowledge and ignoring chances to learn more We all know someone who is convinced their opinion is better than everyone else’s on a topic … Continue reading Belief confidence
The Era of Fake Video Begins In a dank corner of the internet, it is possible to find actresses from Game of Thrones or Harry Potter engaged in all manner of sex acts. Or at least to the world the … Continue reading Deepfakes
No One’s Perfect: How to Advocate for Climate Conservation Anyway It felt like an illegitimate and underhanded attack. After I gave a seminar on perceptions of energy use, a member of the audience stood up and asked me: You flew … Continue reading Research credibility
