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Scientists uncover an essential brain circuit involved in gauging the relative worth of individual rewards versus those of others.

Influencers and Subjective Value: They Have Something to Teach Us The latest from the world of social media is the role of "influencers." There is a perfectly…

In an interesting op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Philippe Lemoine writes (with my emphasis): The coronavirus lockdowns constitute the most extensive attacks on individual freedom in the West since World War II. Yet not a single government has published a cost-benefit analysis to justify lockdown policies—something policy makers are often required to do while making far less consequential decisions. If my arguments are wrong and lockdown policies are cost-effective, a government document s...

Now or later? Jay Malone/flickr, CC BY“I love deadlines,” English author Douglas Adams once wrote. “I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” We’ve all had the experience of wanting to get a project done but putting it off for later. Sometimes we wait because we just don’t care enough about the project, but other times we care a lot – and still end up doing something else. I, for one, end up cleaning my house when I have a lot of papers...