behavior
In the late nineteenth century, visitors to Maine observed something strange: French-Canadian lumberjacks who, at the slightest stimulus, seemed to jump, strike…
Matt's on the road in Colorado and meets up with his old university friend Dr. Pete Newton ( @newton_pete ) who's now an assistant professor at the University o…
Comedian Josh Gondelman ( @joshgondelman ) joins Andy and Matt to talk about his new special Positive Reinforcement , his newsletter , his wife Maris Kreizman's…
Comedian Jon Bennett ( @jonbennettcomedy ) joins Matt and Jesse to talk about how deep breaths can actually increase risk-taking behavior , the air on Titan bei…
Ryan sits down with Frank Portman, CTO at Yobi, to talk about why next-token prediction, though great for language, isn’t the right inductive bias for forecasti…
We all think we know what will make us happy: more money. A better job. Love. But psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky says happiness doesn't necessarily work like th…
When we want something very badly, it can be hard to see warning signs that might be obvious to other people. This week, we bring you two stories about how easy…
Many of us spend our workdays responding to a never-ending stream of emails and texts. We feel stressed out and perpetually behind on our to-do list. But what i…
The rift between police and Black Americans can feel impossible to bridge. But in his work with police departments across the U.S., Yale psychologist Phillip At…
It’s not your imagination: rudeness appears to be on the rise. Witnessing rude behavior — whether it's coming from angry customers berating a store clerk or air…
