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Trust Me (Ep. 266 Rebroadcast) December 30, 2020 @ 11:00pm Listen now: Societies where people trust one another are healthier and wealthier. In the U.S. (and the U.K. and elsewhere), social trust has been falling for decades — in part because our populations are more diverse. What can we do to fix it? Listen and subscribe to our podcast at  *      *      * First of all, Happy New Year! I think we can all agree that 2020 is the kind of year that belongs in the rear-view mirror. I’d like to take a minute to thank some people. Let’s start with you, our listeners: you are, obj...

Laranjo and Dr. Heleno say their analysis didn’t single out any one device or app as the most effective at keeping users active. But the analysis did suggest that the trackers and apps were most effective at prompting people to exercise more when they had features that let users personalize their goals and exercise plans and that provided support and encouragement via text messages. Personalization can help users set easy-to-reach goals and then increase activity with more ambitious goals in the future, Laranjo says. Many people get frustrated and give up if the benchmark is too high (like ...

Psychology to make government work better. it's a variation of britain's behavioral insights team, the nudge unit, all inspired by new research in behavioral economics. the team which started in 2014 launched a series of trials over the last year or so to see what tricks of their trade might help uncle sam, and their results were released this past fall. most were successful by the group's count showing smart ways to improve government at little to no cost. for example, as the report points out, around 1 in 5 students in urban areas who are accepted to college don't actually end up going in th...

To do something like pay taxes. the government here in the united kingdom set up a "nudge unit" to do just that, nudge people, persuade them to do the right thing. and apparently it works. find out how to get your child to make his bed and some more important things too when we come back. kellogg's® frosted 8 layers of wheat... and one that's sweet. for the adult and kid in all of us. ♪ kellogg's frosted mini-wheats® feed your inner kidult

Nudge unit for nudging people into doing things they may not otherwise do. how do you get people to pay their taxes on time? >> the british government was worried about it when we had a gap in our budget. we took a lot of people who were late paying their tax and we told them something that is true. it's peer pressure. a kind of gentle peer pressure. >> a nicer way to encourage people to pay their tax. it led to many other generations. for example, if you say most people in their area pay their tax on time is more effective. you are one of the few who get to pay their taxes. it gets to be more...