Sendhil Mullainathan Quotes
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The amount of resources we put in are disparate. We put billions of dollars into fuel-efficient technologies. How much are we putting into energy behavior…
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Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is not their only…
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The ability to save automatically is among the most powerful tools available to us.
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It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents, and have less…
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A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and strokes.…
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I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our outrage at the…
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Our outrage at inequality is primal. But primal emotions are not always noble ones. Of course, when I see a colleague receive some award, I…
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Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.
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Things that price at $4.99 sell very differently than things that price at $5.
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Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more willing to enter…
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Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers are asked to…
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Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to occupy our mental…
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We ought to arrange calendars as we arrange art on our walls and ask: how does this task fit next to the surrounding ones?
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Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them.…
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Some struggle with medical issues - like insomnia - that make sleep hard. But for many of us, the quantity and quality of sleep come…
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Organizations talk about spending their lives firefighting - dealing with the next problem without having the bandwidth to deal with what is down the pipeline.…
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