Sufficing Your Way Into A Happier Tomorrow
At over a decade old, Barry Schwartz's 2004 The Paradox of Choice definitely shows its age in some ways. CD players appear in example...
Remembering Hermann Ebbinghaus
Read this shopping list, and then cover it with your hand: Bread Milk Oranges Peanut Butter Yogurt Pickles Turkey Folders Tissue ...
You and I are not that Smart
Soundbites, those tiny verbal morsels, are ubiquitous. From billboards to tweets to political slogans, we are awash in them. Soundbites...
The Smoking Monkey Memo
The inventor of the airplane seatbelt was a man ahead of his time. It's an over-used expression but in this case, it applies: engineer...
Mind Wandering, or Getting your Einstein On
Does your mind tend to wander? Most people believe that their minds wander about 10% of the time. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara put...
The Brain's Allergy to the Big Picture
Do you suffer from Systems Blindness? You almost certainly do. The problem is that your brain’s hardwiring is designed primarily to keep...
Gaming the memory: the 'Peak-end' Rule
How do you decide on whether to go back to the same restaurant again, buy the same breakfast cereal, or even whether to read this blog...
Your brain probably needs to go on an information diet
Let's talk about diet. No, I'm not going to lecture you on your food choices this week. This blog entry is designed to make everybody...
