Tue 15 Jun 2010
This evening on my way back from work on the metro, I listened to one of the most entertaining and informative podcasts I have heard in a long time. The Leonard Lopate Show had guest Dan Ariely discussing his new book, The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home. Ariely explained a number of fascinating matters like how bonuses actually inhibit performance, how the threat of revenge creates trust, and why we believe our own ideas and creations are better than others.
I definitely recommend you check it out.
June 16th, 2010 at 2:01 am
It was very interesting. I felt like Lopate kept cutting him off when he just about to get to his point.
June 16th, 2010 at 7:22 am
That’s pretty typical of Lopate. He gets interesting guests on very interesting topics and then asks irrelevant questions.
June 17th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Yeah he wanted to focus on mainstream nonsense, instead of the interesting shit Ariely was saying.
June 28th, 2010 at 5:05 am
Unmitigated horseshit.
Johah Lehrer, “How We Decide”; learn some facts for a change, chock full of referencey goodness, from the scientificators communitays …
Behavior psychology … LMMFAOROTFLMMFAO … whew, good one. It’s called “neuroscience”, try some ::queue spooky science majiks music::
I think I’m going to go get my palm read, and then we can talk about it.