The Availability Bias
We Live In The Age Of Anxiety The world can seem like a scary and dangerous place these days. If you spend too much time on the internet, or listening to the news, you might [...]
We Live In The Age Of Anxiety The world can seem like a scary and dangerous place these days. If you spend too much time on the internet, or listening to the news, you might [...]
The Pink Slime Terror In March 2012, Bettina Siegel, a mother and food blogger in Houston, Texas sounded an alarm about scary-sounding meat products being served to local schoolchildren. She objected to the use [...]
Scarcity Appeals If you like good bourbon, you’ve probably heard of people trying to get their hands on a bottle of the notoriously rare Pappy Van Winkle, produced by the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery [...]
Clean Eating Can Hurt You In the spring of 2014, Jordan Younger, a “wellness” blogger based in New York City, noticed that her hair was falling out. She was following the “clean” diet she promoted [...]