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What Is Our Gross National Product?
Posted on July 17, 2011
On Wednesday, I walked over to Wharton for an interesting lecture by Temple law professor Peter Huang drawing together several strands of his work. In the hour and a half, Peter spoke about happiness, memory, behavioral law and economics, and a host of other things, but one of the elements of his presentation that really […]
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On Money and Motivation
Posted on April 30, 2011
This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, examines some the ways that money doesn’t always buy motivation. Related Situationist posts: Shocking for Money The Situation of High Marginal Income Tax Rates and Motivation Money and the Situation of Happiness “The Situation of Money and Happiness,” “Receiving by Giving,” and “Something to Smile About.” To review a […]
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Blogroll Review – Part 2
Posted on February 7, 2011
Over at the new Law & Mind Blog, a group of Harvard Law students is writing a series of posts reviewing other mind-science blogs. Each post provides a summary of several blogs and features one that the author finds especially valuable. Here’s Part 2 of that series (authored by second-year student Jeremy Troxel). * * […]
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The Costs of Unemployment
Posted on February 4, 2011
It’s week four of my Law and Mind Sciences Seminar, which means students are reading articles about hedonic adaptation. In reviewing the assigned papers, I was reminded (in a footnote!) of an interesting study by Richard E. Lucas, Andrew Clark, Yannis Georgellis, and Ed Diener from several years ago on how becoming unemployed can alter […]
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Can Meditation Make Us More Compassionate?
Posted on February 1, 2011
Last Friday, Sindya Bhanoo had an interesting little post on one of the New York Times blogs concerning recent research on the impact of meditation on the brain. As is often the case in these mainstream media reports, I was left wanting more about the studies and less about the personal interest hook (in this […]
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Robert Reich on the Unequal Situation of the Great Recession
Posted on October 8, 2010
From Youtube: Robert Reich on the ideas in his new book, “Aftershock.” The economic recession we are in is a structural problem rooted in an economy where wealth is as unequal as any time since in the great depression. That inequality leaves us susceptible to political extremism unless we fix it. * * * In […]
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The Situation of Pleasure
Posted on July 10, 2010
From Bloggingheads.tv, Robert Wright interviews Paul Bloom about Paul’s new book (about pleasure, not happiness) “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of What We Like.” * * * “Authenticity, Delusion, and Pleasure“ * * * Paul’s new book, “How Pleasure Works” (03:57) Stories we tell ourselves about the things that please us (08:34) Hidden connections […]
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The Situation of Social Networks
Posted on June 18, 2010
From TEDTalks: We’re all embedded in vast social networks of friends, family, co-workers and more. Nicholas Christakis tracks how a wide variety of traits — from happiness to obesity — can spread from person to person, showing how your location in the network might impact your life in ways you don’t even know. * * […]
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Dan Kahneman on the Situation of Experience and Memory
Posted on April 23, 2010
From TedTalks: “Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy — and our own self-awareness.” * * * * * * To sample some related Situationist […]
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