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The Invisible Nudge - Dr. Jason Collins, Behavioral Economist

Feb 10, 2023
02:05:45

Jason Collins is the Behavioral Economics Program Director at University of Technology Sydney who thinks our current models for the interior life of humans aren’t very good. We talk about the promises and failures of economics, the overlap between human life and economic policy, the art of nudges, how AI is going to change the economic landscape, and the role of teachers in a time of hyper-functional machine recall, and much, much more. 

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Check out Jason's article on faulty models for cognitive bias: https://www.worksinprogress.co/issue/biases-the-wrong-model/

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(00:00:00) Go!

(00:07:40) More than money

(00:21:07) Perspectives

(00:33:11) Growth means many things

(00:42:46) AI

(00:48:16) The mind is a black box

(00:55:54) Revealed preferences

(01:01:36) Vaksinationz

(01:09:57) L0kdownz

(01:13:14) Economic imperialism

(01:25:58) Cost & happiness

(01:31:08) Inherent hierarchy

(01:39:29) Celebrity

(01:52:25) What will you build?


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PODCAST INFO:  Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. 


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