This chapter explores the transformative role of virtual reality (VR) in educational and professional settings, highlighting its potential to enhance learning experiences. The discussion includes the integration of VR technology in research and its implications for future work environments, questioning the need for physical offices while emphasizing the challenges of adopting VR in schools.
Revisiting Steve’s 2021 conversation with the economist and MacArthur “genius” about how to make memories stickier, why change is undervalued, and how to find something new to say on the subject of scarcity.
- SOURCE:
- Sendhil Mullainathan, university professor of computation and behavioral science at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- RESOURCES:
- "Fictional Money, Real Costs: Impacts of Financial Salience on Disadvantaged Students," by Claire Duquennois (American Economic Review, 2022).
- "Do Financial Concerns Make Workers Less Productive?" by Supreet Kaur, Sendhil Mullainathan, Suanna Oh, and Frank Schilbach (NBER Working Paper, 2022).
- Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less, by Leidy Klotz (2021).
- "Heads or Tails: The Impact of a Coin Toss on Major Life Decisions and Subsequent Happiness," by Steve Levitt (NBER Working Paper, 2016).
- Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir (2013).
- "The End of History Illusion," by Jordi Quoidbach, Daniel T. Gilbert, and Timothy D. Wilson (Science, 2013).