Jewish Life at Duke Presents: Dan Ariely, COVID-19, & Israel
Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics, spent much of last year advising the Israeli government on its COVID-19 response and conducting research to answer behavioral questions related to the pandemic.
Why didn't instructions like "don't leave home" work? Why do we believe some behaviors are safer than they truly are? What are the "sweet spots" in virtual educational environments? What are the challenges caused by disinformation?
Join Jewish Life at Duke to hear about Professor Ariely's experience in Israel, through the lens of behavioral economics.
Register in advance: tinyurl.com/Ariely422
Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. He studies how people actually act in the marketplace, as opposed to how they should or would if they were rational beings. His bestselling books about behavioral economics include Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions, The Upside of Irrationality, The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles, and most recently, Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter.
