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[slinka]

Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist, is just fucking brilliant.


We are not as rational as we think when we make decisions.


On the stock market, cheating a little, and the fudge factor.

The videos are about 15 minutes each and well worth the watch. I love TED.

Comments

[serpentseye]

Those are hilarious, brilliant, and frightening all at the same time... Thanks for sharing.

[slinka]

You're welcome. TED is an excellent site.

[fragilemuse]

okay so i've been watching for all of 2 minutes.. is he supposed to look like a zombie?

TED is great =D

[slinka]

Oh man, when you watch the second one, you're going to feel like a total jerk. :)

[fragilemuse]

oi. okay well i feel bad but still, he should embrace his zombie beauty! (srsly i thought he was wearing zombie makeup to make a point because that's what smart people do to get through to us simple folk!).

he's great, i'm loving his talks. thanks for posting! :)

[volksjager]

Excellent, well put. How did you happen to find this ?

[slinka]

Sometimes instead of listening to music while we work, we'll just watch TTED talks, jumping from topic to topic. It's one of my favourite sites.

[ghoizdoz]

It makes me happy about humankind. Wait, did I tell you that already?

[slinka]

Do you have a favourite?

[chronovore]

I love the TED Talks; I've downloaded those two for viewing during my commute this week. Thanks!