A primary focus of this ongoing blog has been the importance of critical thinking in our daily lives and the positive effects it yields. However, just as important to consider as the positive effects ...

Ariely (Predictably Irrational) expands his research on behavioral economics to offer a more positive and personal take on human irrationality’s implications for life, business, and public policy.

Every disaster brings out human irrationality. When there’s a plane crash, we fear flying; when a rare disease emerges, we fear we will be infected. And when there’s a mass shooting in a church, we ...

Returning from Ukraine again days ago, I had ample time to think, largely about human irrationality. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine made absolutely no sense. Russia’s continuing sadistic brutality, in ...