...he author of predictably irrational the hidden forces that shape our decisions the books official site url is www.predic tablyirrat ional.com . the url of his home page is httpweb .mit.edua rielywww mit . and many of his works are available freely online in pdf format
try it youll like it the influence of expectation consumption and revelation on preferences for beer
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my daily minnesota recount scorecard is posted here.
much of the comment today is about the rise in challenged ballots which certainly is true.a still the main story is how few challenges there are overall.a through the first two days of counting only 20 of all precincts witnessed a challenge.a today 36 of precincts had a challenge. and when when a precinct sees challenges t...... [Show More]
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is it a coincidence that this diagram looks exactly like the diagrams on bostons t system a yeah didnt think so....... [Show More]
mike masters delivered a presentation at mit to their center for energy and environmental policy research ceepr .a here is a pdf of that presentation masters mit presentation...... [Show More]
by richard t. stuebi
for years the utopian vision for powering humankinds energy requirements has been based on hydrogen produced by decomposing everabundant water h2o via renewable sources of power e.g. sunlight. when hydrogen is used in fuel cells to produce electricity ondemand the only byproducts of the chemical reaction are water vapor and pure oxyge...... [Show More]
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goldman sachs top executives recently made the news for refusing to take bonuses this year. hear that its the sound of me clapping really slowly. bravo fellows. bravo. your stock is down 60 this year and your firm is expected to announce its first quarterly loss as a public company in december. but youre going to bite your lips an...... [Show More]
medical lasers are like science fiction heat rays that can vaporize tumors. the problem has been getting the lasers to where they are needed inside the body while protecting healthy tissue.
now perfect mirror technology developed by mit researchers is being used to shoot a laser through a spaghettithin flexible fiber to attack tumors and other diseased tissue in highly targeted...... [Show More]
minnesota recount day 2 Post Source: electionupdates.caltech.edu Posted: Nov 21 2008 04:00:27
ive created a simple minnesota recount scorecard excel spreadsheet which is available for download here .a ive updated it with results from day 2.
both todays and yesterdays recounted precincts are more republican than the remaining precincts so its reasonable to expect that franken might pull closer to parity at a faster rate tomorrow and saturday ass...... [Show More]
november 18 2008.the mit media laboratory today announced the creation of the center for future storytelling made possible through a sevenyear 25 million commitment from plymouth rock studios a major motion picture and television studio that is expected to open in 2010 in plymouth mass.
with the establishment of the center whose research program begins immediately the media lab and pl...... [Show More]
ann smarty pulled together 3 tools you can use to test the usability of your site.
five second test take a screenshot of your site and this tool puts together a little poll you can send around via social media to ask for feedback on your site.a theyll have 5 seconds to see your site then will write down 5 things they remember about your site.
fenggui takes a heat map of your site...... [Show More]
fish farms have their proponents and their critics. but whether youre of the view that they provide an important source of protein or you think that fish farms breed diseases there is one fact thats not under dispute they have to be moved around every so often. that is because conventional fish farms are set up in sheltered waters but have to be moved once disease accumulates. whe...... [Show More]
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in all enterprise networks there are multiple users and multiple applications. managing these users and application may be a big challenge for the system administrators. especially when it comes to authentication and authorization. the enterprise network may consist of several different operating systems os and applications even distributed applications like platform ls...... [Show More]
with all the believers in the face of the best facts still pushing for global warming doomsdays coal is having a difficult time as a fuel for the exploding need for electrical power generation. now i fully agree that burning coal and sending clouds of effluents rich in nasty metals sulfur compounds and an array of other nasties isnt a good idea there remain some hard realities that could be ...... [Show More]
by melissa pistilliexclusive to coal investing news
most environmentalist groups are confident that an obama presidency will usher in a new age of greener energy sources in the u.s. some are even hoping to eliminate the 150 coalfired plants in operation nationwide.
like other nations around the world the u.s. is currently grappling with the problems posed by global warming and is looking ...... [Show More]
neuroscience pioneer dr. brenda milner gave a memorable lecture on the history of memory research yesterday afternoon at the annual meeting of the society for neuroscience . before her talk she was greeted by old colleagues including nobel laureate dr. eric kandel . i was able to talk with dr. kandel briefly and he has agreed to come on the brain science podcast in 2009 after h...... [Show More]
hace un tiempo atras viendo una entrevistaa a dan ariely profesor de psicologaa del consumo del mit y autor del libro las trampas del deseo en el programa de televisian redes conoca una palabra que se utiliza muy poco pero se aplica con con mucha frecuencia. esta palabra es procrastinacian .
procrastinar del lat. procrastinare. 1. tr. diferir aplazar. e...... [Show More]
this weeks question for ask the coach with all the experts there are studying and theorizing about the economy id like to know why we werent more prepared for this disaster and how can we steer clear of this in the future mg not being an economist but a behavioral scientist ive asked dan ariely the author of predictably irrational and the james b....... [Show More]
links for 20081119 Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Nov 19 2008 16:06:30
why malcolm gladwell thinks we have little control over our own success new york magazine
tags writing success sociology publishing profile gladwell
dan ariely papers
tags research psychology marketing economics ariely
the long tail wired blogs
tags strategy monetization longtail free ecommerce businessmode...... [Show More]
media lab creates center for future storytelling mit news office the mit media laboratory today announced the creation of the center for future storytelling made possible through a sevenyear 25 million commitment from plymouth rock studios a major motion picture and television studio that is expected to open in 2010 in plymouth mass....... [Show More]
a capandtrade system can be effective in reducing greenhouse gas emissions without having a significant negative economic impact according to researchers at mits center for energy and environmental policy research.
the european experience confirms much of what has been learned from similar u.s. systems for other emissions namely that capandtrade systems can be constructed that ma...... [Show More]
when we took robotics in college we worked at best on little robotic cars. when mit students do it they develop surgical robotic arms
mit students will take to the operating table next monday nov. 24 to show off their robotic engineering skills in the final presentations for course 2.12 introduction to robotics.
four teams of students have spent the past seven weeks building rob...... [Show More]
the chesapeake climate action network ccan is a nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in maryland virginia and washington d.c. asome of their campaigns to fight global warming include
jumping into cold bodies of water
skiing in shorts
writing complaint letters to lawyers
writing their names on pieces of paper a
demanding...... [Show More]
the green dream of a carbonfree energy system seems like its getting closer every day. but to do so well either need to clean up coal or replace it. coal provides 50 of americas electricity and effective carbon capture and storage ccs doesnt exist yet. the reality may well be that ridding ourselves of coal at least in the short term isnt an op...... [Show More]
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