Essays
Long reads on how we actually think, decide and live.
What the waiting room teaches us about expertise
The cost is obvious, the benefit is diffuse, and so the benefit loses.
The case against the late fee
Most advice assumes a person who never existed.
Doubt is a slow habit
We are far better at explaining our choices than at making them.
The weight of a debt
Owing money changes how people think, and not only about money.
In praise of the slow lane
Most advice assumes a person who never existed.
What the last biscuit teaches us about kindness
The cost is obvious, the benefit is diffuse, and so the benefit loses.
In praise of gossip
Not every irrational act is a mistake. Some are the point.
In praise of a good excuse
We are far better at explaining our choices than at making them.
Why we mistake fluency for truth
The story we tell afterwards is tidier than the choice we made at the time.
What gossip teaches us about risk
We are far better at explaining our choices than at making them.
A short history of the last biscuit
We are far better at explaining our choices than at making them.
Why we hoard what we cannot use
Most advice assumes a person who never existed.