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The shape of the last biscuit

The mind is built for a different world. It copes remarkably well with this one.

By Alina Petrova29 Jan 202610 min read

Memory, by the numbers

The evidence is clear, the incentives are not, and the incentives usually win.

By Alina Petrova17 Dec 20258 min read

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Measuring status, one receipt at a time

What feels like a preference is often just a default nobody questioned.

By Alina Petrova16 Apr 202514 min read

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What 26,000 baskets say about reason

A small decision, repeated daily, is a life. Nobody designs it that way.

By Alina Petrova31 Oct 202410 min read

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