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App developers know we’re hardwired to stick with the default option
Does social media cause depression and anxiety?
Imagine a person who is hugely knowledgeable and brilliantly rational, yet falls short on virtue
Rethinking a satisfactory formula can unlock new ideas
After his father died, Tim Harford asked people to consider donating. He was surprised by the response
What a little-known anecdote tells us about authorship, authenticity and even NFTs
We struggle to acknowledge that something can be good in some ways and bad in others
When time is money, you have to spend it wisely
How games can help us predict crises we never knew were possible
The internet ensured pandemic resilience. But the next crisis could be different
‘The good news is that every one of us has been in training for it all our lives’
Brandon Sanderson broke crowdfunding records, but his success has limited relevance for the rest of us
Complexity, context and ambiguity do not play well on social media
When workers are empowered to shape their own space, they do better work
Russia’s president holds a weak hand, except for the one card no rational person would play
Inside the fascinating phenomenon known as ‘voltage drop’
Governments lack the incentive, businesses usually lack the power and almost everyone seems to lack the skill
Fixing and looking after stuff is not high-status or sexy, but the world should take it more seriously
Scientists and bean-counters everywhere need to fill gaps in our knowledge rather than stumble into them
‘Look for a fresh start that will last, a change of routine or context to which a new habit can be pinned’
We tend to think of the disparity between men and women as a problem of fairness, but it’s also a problem of efficiency
‘The variant has demonstrated that Sars-Cov-2 can mutate more dramatically than we had hoped’
Are endless emails holding you to ransom? Time to fight back
Gift-givers rarely think about practicality — for example, when will the recipient actually get a chance to use this?
‘We pretended to be wizards in a game I created, inspired by the work of Ursula Le Guin. Nerdy? Weird? I don’t care’
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