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Use Your Head

Use Your Head, Not Google’s

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The Four Horsemen of the Tech Addiction Apocalypse

The Four Horsemen of the Tech Addiction Apocalypse

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Why modern art is dominating the world

Why modern art is dominating the world

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Bad Copywriting Is The Most Overlooked Problem In Product Design

Bad Copywriting Is The Most Overlooked Problem In Product Design

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​What donuts

What donuts, Rolexes, and Las Vegas have in common…

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This (scientific) test tells you how well you can read people

This (scientific) test tells you how well you can read people

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The 7 Psychology & Behavior Books Every Product Person Should Read

The 7 Psychology & Behavior Books Every Product Person Should Read

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Default Nudges Don't Increase Organ Donation Rates: The Truth About Behavioral Economics

Default Nudges Don’t Increase Organ Donation Rates: The Truth About Behavioral Economics

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How arcades are designed to make you hurt

How arcades are designed to make you hurt

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As dangerous as a toddler with a katana

As dangerous as a toddler with a katana

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You can practice pain?

You can practice pain?

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Technology Is for Sinners

Technology Is for Sinners

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Mo' money mo' problems

Mo’ money mo’ problems

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Every good (customer) relationship is built on ❤️

Every good (customer) relationship is built on ♥️

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66 Days

66 Days

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This Exercise Will Help You Generate More Ideas (and Reveal What You're Getting Wrong About Creativity)

This Exercise Will Help You Generate More Ideas (and Reveal What You’re Getting Wrong About Creativity)

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The New Face of Uncertainty

The New Face of Uncertainty

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The shaky behavioral science research that Google fell for

The shaky behavioral science research that Google fell for

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Marketers and The Myth of Perfect Control

Marketers and The Myth of Perfect Control

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Why you can never trust anyone (even a Nobel Prizewinner)

Why you can never trust anyone (even a Nobel Prizewinner)

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The "old me" would have been too tired to write this

The “old me” would have been too tired to write this

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Beware of Behavioral Economics

Beware of Behavioral Economics

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​Don’t be a tweaker--seriously

Don’t be a tweaker–seriously

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What you can learn about persuasion from an 81-year-old encyclopedia (named Ray)

What you can learn about persuasion from an 81-year-old encyclopedia (named Ray)

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Behavior Market Fit

Behavior Market Fit

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According to psychology

According to psychology, we’re all evil (but there’s hope…)

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Thinking Fast and Sl...

Thinking Fast and Sl…

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Goals

Goals, gradients, and grunts

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Instant Gratification is Good For You: Lessons for Education

Instant Gratification is Good For You: Lessons for Education

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The Progress Principle -- or "how to kill a company"

The Progress Principle — or “how to kill a company”

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The first principle of behavior design

The first principle of behavior design

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I got rid of most of my habits

I got rid of most of my habits

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Why the path to failure is (often) paved with surveys

Why the path to failure is (often) paved with surveys

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Wanting and Liking are different... much different

Wanting and Liking are different… much different

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The One Secret of High Functioning Product Teams

The One Secret of High Functioning Product Teams

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Why you overeat when you travel to cheap places

Why you overeat when you travel to cheap places

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How Amazon & Jay Carney Failed At PR — and How They Could Have Won.

How Amazon & Jay Carney Failed At PR — and How They Could Have Won.

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One Of The Biggest Trends In Technology: Instant Gratification

One Of The Biggest Trends In Technology: Instant Gratification

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Most Research Is (Probably) Bogus

Most Research Is (Probably) Bogus

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The cost of time

The cost of time

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