What Is Something Worth?10 October 2020·348 words·2 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasA seven-part analytical exploration of value across disciplines including economics, neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 7: What Is a Good Life Worth Living?10 October 2020·1544 words·8 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasSynthesizes philosophical and psychological perspectives on well-being and the good life.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 6: The Politics of What Matters10 October 2020·1340 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasConnects value systems to political disagreement and ideological division.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 5: Feeling Is Knowing10 October 2020·1393 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasExamines the role of emotion as a mechanism for value perception.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 4: Where Do Your Values Come From?10 October 2020·1314 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasInvestigates the origins and structure of human values across psychology and sociology.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 3: The Things You Won't Sell10 October 2020·1292 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasAnalyzes protected values and why some things resist market logic.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 2: Your Brain Has a Spreadsheet10 October 2020·1138 words·6 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasExplores how the brain computes value using a common neural currency.
What Is Something Worth? – Part 1: The Price of Everything, the Value of Nothing10 October 2020·1213 words·6 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Value Theory Decision-Making Behavioral-Economics Moral Philosophy Social Systems Decision-Making and BiasExamines the foundational paradox between price and value through economics and philosophy.
The Architecture of Choice - Part 3: The Knowledge Illusion: Why Central Planners Cannot Win the Trial-and-Error Game4 July 2020·1661 words·8 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Central Planning Knowledge Problem Behavioral-Economics Policy Failure Market Innovation Decision-Making and BiasWhy government attempts to nudge behavior often fail due to epistemic limitations and rigid processes.
The Architecture of Choice - Part 2: The Siren Song and the ATM: How Competition Curates Our Cognitive Biases3 July 2020·1441 words·7 minsHuman Systems and Behavior Market Nudges Competition Behavioral-Economics ATM Design Pareto Nudges Decision-Making and BiasHow markets use competition to create effective nudges that benefit both consumers and businesses.