Nature of man Quote by Steven D. Levitt Download Open image ““Humans respond to incentives.”” — Steven D. Levitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Nature of man
“People are complicated creatures, with a nuanced set of private and public incentives, and that our behavior is enormously influenced by circumstances.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The right people will do the right things and deliver the best results they’re capable of, regardless of the incentive system.” — James C. Collins Copy Share Image
“Human benevolence is totally unfair. We don’t live in a kind or generous world, yet we are kind and generous.” — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“Whatever the incentive, whatever the situation,dishonest people will try to gain an advantage by whatever means necessary.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Individuals aren't naturally paid-up members of the human race, except biologically. They need to be bounced around by the Brownian motion of society, which… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“I know enough about human nature to know that people generally prefer to find the most corrupt way of doing things possible, given enough… — Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones Ascent Copy Share Image
“Interesting point is we discuss a lot about compensation and incentives of other people who are no way related and connected with you or… — Rakesh Seth Copy Share Image
“If you let them, humans have an amazing power to live up to your high expectations of reasonableness and responsibility.” — Jason Fried Copy Share Image
I try to motivate people and align our individual incentives with organizational incentives. And then let people do their best. — John Liu Copy Share Image
“Here is the broader point: whatever problem you're trying to solve, make sure you're not just attacking the noisy part of the problem that… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Human beings, for all our accomplishments, can be fragile animals. Most of us don't take criticism well at all.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The ECLS data do show, for instance, that a child with a lot of books in his home tends to test higher than a… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“In a complex world where people can be atypical in an infinite number of ways, there is great value in discovering the baseline. And… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Morning robberies yield far more than afternoon robberies . . .' - When to Rob a Bank: A Rouge Economist's Guide to the World… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The more complex a problem is, the harder it is to capture good feedback. You can gather a lot of facts, and that may… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“[...]if you are hoping to damage opponents' mental health, go ahead and tell them how inferior or dim-witted or nasty they are. But even… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“If asked how we'd behave in a situation that pits a private benefit against the greater good, most of us won't admit to favoring… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The impulse to investigate can only be set free if you stop pretending to know answers that you don't. Because the incentives to pretend… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“From 2002 to 2008, the United States was fighting bloody wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; among active military personnel, there were an average 1,643… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“But if you are hell-bent on persuading someone, or if your back is truly against the wall, you might as well give it your… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Just because you're great at something doesn't mean you're good at everything.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Probably it goes without saying, but time machine guys don't get a lot of action. Had a one night stand with something cute a… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“We have become human doings more than human beings, and the verb “rest,” as Jesus uses it, is largely foreign to us.” — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation.… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Humans are, as Sartre put it, 'condemned to be free'. To insist that science, or God, objectively defines moral values is to abandon our… — Kenan Malik Copy Share Image
Mankind have been slow to believe that order reigns in the universe-that the world is a cosmos and a chaos. — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
Half the misery of human life might be extinguished if men would alleviate the general curse they lie under by mutual offices of compassion,… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
Every human creates his own problems. Problems are ones private property and we shouldnt meddle into them self-initiatively. — Ruben Papian Copy Share Image
