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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…
• Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is…
• The ability to save automatically is among the most powerful tools available to us.
• It is safe to say that when people are short on cash, they might be less productive at work, be worse parents,…
• A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease,…
• I worry about growing income inequality. But I worry even more that the discussion is too narrowly focused. I worry that our…
• Our outrage at inequality is primal. But primal emotions are not always noble ones. Of course, when I see a colleague receive…
• Our soft hearts are what tell us that, whatever the circumstances of birth, everyone must be given opportunities to do well.
• Things that price at $4.99 sell very differently than things that price at $5.
• Even when a man and a woman perform equally well in a task - say, solving math problems - men are more…
• Serial tasking is hard because switching tasks is hard, even when the tasks are easy and similar. In some experiments, bilingual speakers…
• Task switching is hard because we do not control what is on our mind. Despite our efforts, the original task continues to…

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