Applying behavioral science and design to improve lives

Austin, TX
Joined December 2014
The Supreme Court amicus brief from @TheOnion is *chef's kiss* "...The Onion now enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history." documentcloud.org/documents/…
Close your email with "thanks in advance" for a 65.7% chance of a response (and a 100% chance of being obnoxious)
What email sign-offs get the highest response rates? Not only does this study find an answer, but they teach you how to answer it yourself by providing annotated code describing how they did the analysis & how you can do it too! Thanks in advance, Ethan github.com/baydinsoftware/Em…
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I didn't think I needed another behavioral show in my long podcast backlog, but I am loving "The Science of Change" from @bermster - which peeks under the hood to show how BSci is applied in your favorite products. setsail.co/podcasts/
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Just when you thought @duolingo couldn’t get any more passive-agressive.
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For many Texas women, out-of-state clinics are now the only option. Until SB8 is overturned, we can at least help them get a ride. 👉fundtexaschoice.org/ @19thnews @FundTexasChoice 19thnews.org/2021/09/texas-a…
Capturing some of my favorite thoughts and quotes from the eye-opening and entertaining "Exercised" by Daniel E. Lieberman at @HarvardHEB scholar.harvard.edu/exercise…
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"Australian aborigines with type 2 diabetes reversed their disease after just seven weeks of returning to an active hunting and gathering lifestyle."
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"Although many medical textbooks teach doctors that it’s normal for blood pressure to rise with age, we have known since the 70s this is not true among hunter-gatherer[s]... The average blood pressure in a 70-yr-old San hunter-gatherer is 120/67, no different from a 20-yr-old."