Episode 48: An Abrupt Existential Jerk

TOPIC: How habits get made. 

Dan and Merlin are back for 2012 to discuss how habits are like little hairs or inertia or homeostasis or something. How we build habits, how they get built for us, and what we can learn about habits from making our daily coffee.

Links for this episode:

• Shutting Down My Porno Site | Pat Dryburgh
  
• Amazon.com: Thinking, Fast and Slow (9780374275631): Daniel Kahneman: Books
  
• Availability heuristic
  
• Turn your key, sir!
  
• Photic sneeze reflex
  
• kung fu grippe • annicka: zombiesenelghetto: Black Flag,...
  
• Homeostasis
  
• Amazon.com: Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker, Black/Brushed Metal: Kitchen & Dining
  
• Food drives: Charities need your money, not your random old food. - Slate Magazine
  
• Better
  
• Amazon.com: Sakura IDenti-Pen Permanent Dual-Point Pen, Black: Arts, Crafts & Sewing
  
• Amazon.com: uni-ball Gel RT Micro Point Retractable Pens, 12 Blue Ink Pens(69035): Office Products
  
• Amazon.com: uni-ball Deluxe Fine Point Roller Ball Pens, 12 Black Ink Pens (60052): Office Products
  
• JetPens.com - Japanese Pens and Stationery
  
• Thinking, Fast and Slow - FT.com
  
• This explains so much. | MetaFilter
  
• The Forehead Ticket Trick | 43 Folders
  
• Useful Landmines - 43FoldersWiki
  
• Daniel Kahneman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• [SPONSOR] Squarespace.com (use code `bigweek` for 30% off 3 months)
  
• Between the Lines - Features - Los Angeles magazine
  
• Antonio Gramsci - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Category:Cognitive biases - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Golden Gate Bridge: Construction Information
  
• Big Miracle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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