Oliver Payne
oliverpayne.bsky.social
Oliver Payne
@oliverpayne.bsky.social
Founder/Co-Founder | Psychology, Behaviour, Communication | Making sense of what we think, feel and do www.thehuntingdynasty.com
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Read--> The 18 Most Influential Behavioral Economics Books (2025).
These 18 books (there’s a 6a and 6b on there which is why the last number is 17!) offer a comprehensive introduction to the field of #behavioraleconomics...

www.thehuntingdynasty.com/2025/02/the-...
June 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Your Wednesday perspective on behavioral science, via Rohan Arcot  and Hunter Gehlbach: What happens when scientists show skeptics how their studies were conducted? Could opening up help combat science skepticism?
Opening up Science—to Skeptics - By Rohan Arcot & Hunter Gehlbach - Behavioral Scientist
What if scientists allowed skeptics in the general public to look under the hood at how their studies were conducted? Could opening up help combat the epidemic of science skepticism?
behavioralscientist.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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There’s no such thing as a neutral choice architecture, and no such thing as communicating neutrally. Here are three cool examples of ways in which to not communicate neutrally: https://buff.ly/4hut26h
via @oliverpayne.bsky.social
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101!

They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs.

Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships.

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February 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Always make sure a cactus isn't someone having a terrible allergic reaction to acupuncture.
January 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is fab – SOoo useful immediately....

Some choice Behavioural Science AI Prompt Catalysts to grab here! --> Generating text with particular characteristics, updating text with behavioural tactics, Pre mortems, and valid test approaches, too.
#AI #AIprompts
thehuntingdynasty.com/behavioural-...
January 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Blogged: Why making ourselves worse off feels so good: dissecting the boycott paradox - on what it might be that compensates the inescapable welfare loss of boycotting (= giving up something we value):https://buff.ly/4jcdntW
January 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Just once, I’d like for you to hold my horses.
January 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Did I mention this opportunity for researchers to come to the UK?
January 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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People older than me don't know how to use a computer. People younger than me don't know how to use a computer.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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It must be really hard to prove viagra works.
January 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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“In the absence of big problems, people shift their worries to smaller ones. In the absence of small problems, they focus on petty or even imaginary ones.”
@morganhousel.bsky.social sees concept creep as a contributing factor to the current levels of polarization: https://buff.ly/3WhYv3l
January 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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We are officially six days away from a TikTok ban. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming ruling, the possible outcomes, along with all the big news you may have missed from this weekend! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Six Days Away From A TikTok Ban
No matter what happens to TikTok, I'll be providing you with news updates here.
open.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Trying an interesting thing with blogs - adding prompt code as 'Copy & Paste this into your preferred AI', to generate solutions based on the principles in the blog.
Try this one --> "🔍The 4 Secrets of Testing: Valid, Reliable, Norm, Fair" thehuntingdynasty.com/2025/01/the-...
#AI #Behavior
January 14, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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behavioural economics essay question scenarios be like:
Lottery congestion pricing: rather than a small payment when you enter the zone, a 1% chance of a three grand bill.
January 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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While Supreme Court justices pressed both sides in Friday’s oral arguments, experts say it’s hard to see how TikTok gets enough votes to survive.
The TikTok Ban Is More Likely Than Ever
While Supreme Court justices pressed both sides in Friday’s oral arguments, experts say it’s hard to see how TikTok gets enough votes to survive.
www.wired.com
January 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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🚨 UK gilts & UST yields are up c1% from Sep-24 lows. I looked at how. on.ft.com/3BZUhX8
January 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Your key holiday 2024/2025 break blogs are here:

1. Gifting (for the last min people amongst us!)
2. Having a good break (also with a classic clip from Withnail And I :))
3. New Year's resolutions
4. Wellness ongoing

Everything you need! -->
www.thehuntingdynasty.com/the-hunter-b...
December 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Craving a break? We all are. But there are some surprising secrets: the magic might not lie solely in the escape itself. Find out about anticipation, peak-end, fresh starts... in our 4 min read 'How to have a good break! We all need it' www.thehuntingdynasty.com/2024/12/how-...
December 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Oh gosh -- vital!!
How to choose the perfect gift in 3 easy steps!
1. Decide upon a single, well-thought through gift
2. Give something that’s practical and usable for the recipient
3. Consider arranging an experience or event
Read more -->
www.thehuntingdynasty.com/2019/12/how-...
December 12, 2024 at 8:05 PM
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For Science Magazine, I wrote about "The Metaphors of Artificial Intelligence".

The way you conceptualize AI systems affects how you interact with them, do science on them, and create policy and apply laws to them.

Hope you will check it out!

www.science.org/doi/full/10....
The metaphors of artificial intelligence
A few months after ChatGPT was released, the neural network pioneer Terrence Sejnowski wrote about coming to grips with the shock of what large language models (LLMs) could do: “Something is beginning...
www.science.org
November 14, 2024 at 10:56 PM