THE VIDEO SHELF · behavioral economics
Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely
In a TED talk, behavioral economist Dan Ariely uses visual illusions and his research to show that people are less rational in their decisions than they think. He covers defaults, such as organ donation rates, and how choice framing steers decisions.
Why HN readers recommended it
Used to illustrate predictable irrationality, such as defaults and the effect of the middle option among three choices.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TED
- Topic
- behavioral economics
- Format
- talk
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 5
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2017
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From the original HN conversations
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I wouldn't label it stupidity or ignorance, but it is a weel documented quirk of human behavior the default state of opt in / opt out systems makes a huge difference. This ted talk is an excellent and talks about the very significant differences in …
dhruval on Hacker News · 2011-05
In Proposed Law Would Require Social Networks to be Private by Default> 7. If you are given a choice, you believe you have acted freely. Dan Ariely has a great talk on "decision illusions"(1) that goes into more depth on this topic. He starts off with visual illusion as a metaphor for rationality: "So if we …
jason_pomerleau on Hacker News · 2017-04
In Teller Reveals His Secrets (2012)
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