Hacker News with Generative AI: Behavioral Economics

We avoid effort even though it can improve our well-being (newscientist.com)
Understanding the “effort paradox” can help you reshape your relationship to exertion so that you commit to those hard but truly meaningful activities
Psychology, Well-being, Motivation, Decision Making, Behavioral Economics
52 points by XzetaU8 49 days ago | 48 comments
The Insidious Elitist Upshot of Behavioral Economics (jacobin.com)
Behavioral Economics, Economics, Politics, Social Commentary
7 points by PaulHoule 83 days ago | 0 comments
Professional poker players know the optimal strategy but don't always use it (scientificamerican.com)
Psychology, Game Theory, Behavioral Economics
146 points by alexahn 125 days ago | 85 comments
The asymmetry of nudges (lcamtuf.substack.com)
Behavioral Economics, Psychology, Substack
103 points by MBCook 142 days ago | 64 comments
Perverse Incentive (wikipedia.org)
Economics, Psychology, Behavioral Economics
18 points by planetjones 180 days ago | 4 comments