Just arrived!! A new book 'Memory in Science for Society' - I wrote a chapter w/ Dan Schacter reviewing how people make decisions about the future.
We cover intertemporal choice, focusing on applied attempts to reduce delay discounting and increase patience.
『「未来」を発明したサル The Invention of Tomorrow:A Natural History of Foresight 記憶と予測の人類史』トーマス・スーデンドルフ ThomasSuddendorf ジョナサン・レッドショウ JonathanRedshaw アダム・ブリー AdamBurrey 波多野理彩子訳(早川書房)2024。地球上で他生物と隔する人類の能力とは
I recently reviewed the book "The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight" by cognitive scientists Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw, and Adam Bulley for @iftf's Foresight Matters publication.
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Great to see this new coverage of our book 'The Invention of Tomorrow' in El Mundo @elmundoes !!
"La máquina del tiempo que hizo que el ser humano dominara el planeta: "La invención del futuro fue clave en nuestro éxito como especie""
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Some news! So excited to be joining 'The Behavioural Insights Team' @B_I_Tweets this week as an Advisor in their Sydney office @BITAusNZ 🥳
BIT is a social purpose company that creates & applies insights from psychology and behavioural economics for positive impact.
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Feeling a huge amount of gratitude for many, many people who helped me out as I was exploring this next move (especially in these past few months), as well as for all my colleagues and collaborators over the years - far too many wonderful people to name - for the support. 🙏
BIT works across a range of areas to develop better systems, policies, products and services using an evidence-based understanding of human behaviour.
More info here: https://t.co/xb7qli6611
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Prospect Theory's famous “S-shaped” value function is a cornerstone of behavioural economics. Surprisingly, more than 40 years after its inception, there seem to be a lot of remaining puzzles about it.
Or... perhaps not anymore. A 🧵that may change your view on Prospect Theory.
FUTURE YOU, the latest edition of @TEDRadioHour on @NPR, explores the challenges of imagining ourselves, and the societies we live in, beyond the here and now – and why It matters. Featuring @binajv@hiddenbrain@HalHershfield@romankrznaric
https://t.co/6Xz0eO7GK2
Second, The Invention of Tomorrow: A Natural History of Foresight, by Thomas Suddendorf, Jonathan Redshaw & @Adamdbulley (also Suddendorf's earlier book The Gap is good too). A terrific intro to foresight and mental time travel https://t.co/4DsvisunfR
For @Shepherd_books, I compiled a reading list of books I'd recommend for taking a longer view of time, complementing my own, The Long View. I explain here why I personally found them such excellent reads! https://t.co/CuUFZlr7ku
Delighted to have an adaptation of The Long View in The Observer today! It draws on a number of themes from the book, particularly the way that crisis can shorten our sense of time https://t.co/UXP7Bjo8FI
🎉 Book Cover Reveal! 🎉
I am so excited that I can officially unveil the book covers for my new book “A Theory of Everyone”. 📚
I'll be talking a lot more about the book between now and September. All retweets, likes, and other help getting the book out to your networks would mean a lot to me!
Press release: https://t.co/tbvUI5aJgv
Pre-order link: https://t.co/NK1ExBFcwn
#BookRecommendations #bookcover #TheoryOfEveryone
Anyone interested in the intersection of behavioural economics, cognitive psychology, & evolutionary biology will want to follow @page_eco's new Substack.
Lionel is a rare interdisciplinary thinker working on deep q's about the roots of human behaviour.
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Not another bias!
Behavioural economics has excelled in identifying biases. We have now reached the point of diminishing returns in this quest.
What lies ahead in behavioural sciences? Making sense of the reasons we behave the way we do. 🧵