Some wonderful friends just departed our home after spending part of a week with us here in Brooklyn, and a few days in Washington, DC. It seems they had a nice time (besides the cool weather), and were pleasantly surprised how livable (dare I say, European) New York is. But one complaint they had really [...]
Clay Shirky on Colbert
Apr 8, ’08
9:41 AM
Clay Shirky was on the Colbert show last night talking about his new book, Here Comes Everybody. Sylvia and I had the unbelievably good fortune to be invited guests of Clay’s. We got to join him in the green room and sit in VIP seats for the taping. Clay did really well, and we had [...]
Affecting Human Behavior While Preserving Choice
Apr 2, ’08
9:48 AM
I came across this today – this is an area of interest to me, which is how to get people to make better choices without limiting their options. This book which deals with the mechanisms behind this, namely how to offer choices to people but to “nudge” them to make the best choice: http://www.nudges.org/
Things like getting [...]