Daniel Goldstein: How Can We Prevent Regret?
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Friday, July 21, 2017
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It's very easy to ignore the future. It's very easy to think maybe as far in the future as your next meal. It's hard to think about the long run of your life. - Daniel Goldstein
TED
Part 5 of the TED Radio Hour episode Prevention.
About Daniel Goldstein's TED Talk
We've all felt regret over poor decisions. Behavioral Economist Daniel Goldstein wants to change that. He builds tools that help us imagine our futures, so we can make better decisions in the present.
About Daniel Goldstein
Daniel Goldstein studies decision-making — how we can give ourselves the right incentives, reminders, and rules of thumb to make smarter long-term choices.
In 2015, he served as President of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, the largest academic society in Behavioral Economics.
Goldstein is Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and was a former professor at London Business School.
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