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When bureaucrats try to understand human behaviour

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Introduction

Saturday Paper Senior Reporter, Rick Morten. On the job ad for someone to look into human behaviour and its strange links to the origins of the Roboded Disaster. At its best, it can help design systems to get the best outcomes for people. But at its worst, it can nudge people into accepting bad outcomes. From appealing decisions to not getting services they're entitled to.

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