Category: Behavioral Economics
Are You Tending to the Nooks and Crannies of Your Financial House?
The other day I neglected to enter my bathroom with either my smartphone or the Tools of Titans. So there I was, on the bowl, with nothing to occupy my fertile mind. In a desperate attempt to do something productive, I found myself looking at a part of my bathroom I rarely gazed upon—the bottom guide…
Second Wednesday of the Month Politics: How the Little Guy Can Out-Lobby the Rich
In the book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, author Scott Adams makes the case that systems are better than goals. As Adams explains it, a goal ultimately relies on hope—the hope that said goal will be reached before one’s willpower fails. A system on the hand ultimately relies on habits—habits…
It’s the Culture, Stupid
The other day I came across a video about Jean Yang, an assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon who is developing a programming language with built-in security and privacy features. If you want to watch the entire video, which runs for slightly more than two minutes, you can do so here. The short snippet below captures…
Why Aren’t You Stealing from the Government?
A couple of weeks ago, Mrs. Groovy and I needed some minor electrical work done on our house. Two outlets and three switches needed to be replaced. The electrician we hired was very professional and very competent. He took about an hour to do the job, but that was only because he took the time…
Time Is a Level Playing Field
Discipline equals freedom. —Jocko Willink Bill Gates has a lot more money than you do. Okay, duh. No earth-shattering revelation there. But in at least one respect, you and Bill are equals. You both get 24 hours every day to do something with your respective lives. Be More Productive Than Slothful If you want to…