Vishal George

Chief Behavioural Scientist @BbyD_NZ | Exploring the intersection of behavioural design and wellbeing for incremental innovation 🌱

[Dan Bennett @danbenyork]

On Friday 11th we’re pulling together a free to stream behavioural science festival! See the thread to pick from 12 hours of non-stop BS #Nudgestock2021

[Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn]

As it should

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Meanwhile in middle earth...

[Elle Hunt @elle_hunt]

A New Year's Eve music festival in New Zealand, feat. beloved public health official Ashley Bloomfield

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Busy stops us from feeling, the capacity to feel and emote. To process change, we need space to 'feel' safe. Safe to reflect and safe to thrive !

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

If you're busy at work odds are you will eventually be replaced by a robot.

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Proud to hear my native language, Malayalam, being spoken at the parliament in my newly adopted home - for the first time ever ! @priyancanzlp is the first Indian born labour MP in New Zealand.

This is not a political endorsement - only sharing a moment of pride 🙏🏾

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

@GauriChandra @DefraGovUK @EnvAgency @GreenpeaceUK @B_I_Tweets @beirrational @IrrationalLabs @LSE_PBS @LSEPublicPolicy @LSEManagement @LSEEcon @behavecondotcom @iNudgeyou_com @behscientist @OgilvyConsultUK @rorysutherland @saulwodak @LondonBEnet @oliverpayne @koenfucius Amazing amazing, thrilled to see your work contribute to knowledge for social good!

[Balaji @balajis]

Incredible graph.

I’ve often said that the internet increases variance. More upside and more downside.

But in some cases the internet can also reduce variance. Farmers who got phones got to global consensus on prices.

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Does it feel pretty anticlimactic to be in the #TestingForCovid19 race 65 years after the space race?

Or is hindsight 2020?

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

"Once you fully understand a character in a novel, that character is dead for you" - Alan Lightman with @EconTalker

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

@rorysutherland @clarkeching @OgilvyConsultUK Choice ! We've got some pretty stellar hobbits here in NZ and I can connect you'll with some of our best practitioners in the field :)

[Behavioural by Design @BbyD_NZ]

How might we make it attractive for people to actively engage in #PhysicalDistancing in public spaces?

https://t.co/yAbN8qdktj

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Got to love the ancient wisdoms!

Stumbled across the old proverb - "When arguing with a fool, first make sure that the other person isn't doing the same thing".

[Katy Milkman @katy_milkman]

This graph on the deadly effects of misinformation is absolutely amazing (and also very sad).

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

Q. How might we build anti-fragile systems in a post COVID-19 world?

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A. We don't build them.

(they self organise)

[Dan Ariely @danariely]

Hi,
I am trying to understand how people think about the coronavirus. If you have five minutes, please answer the survey below. We don't know the real answers to some of these questions about the virus, so please just give me your best estimate.

https://t.co/1Vj5fUbwQW

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

"Let's just be vulnerable people and ask for help when we need it." - @DrGaborMate with @drchatterjeeuk

[Final Mile @thefinalmile]

We are building a Playbook for Pandemic Response! The focus is on behavioral interventions. Help us by sharing your inputs - what worked, what didn't, what can be done better? This will be open source and contributions will be duly credited! Link: https://t.co/LgnsjqkLGr #COVID

[Akiyoshi Kitaoka @AkiyoshiKitaoka]

Illusory yellow is observed around the hearts.

[Vishal George @vishal7george]

@vivek_murthy - "People who struggle with loneliness end up living shorter lives, and they also are at an increased risk for heart disease, depression, dementia, anxiety, and a host of other conditions." Great insights @Freakonomics on loneliness !