The Voltage Effect in Behavioral Economics

Location: Zoom

Join us Friday, April 1, 2022, for a virtual talk with University of Chicago Kenneth C. Griffin Distinguished Service Professor of Economics John List.

In his new book,The Voltage: Effect How to Make Good Ideas Great and Great Ideas Scale, List reveals why some ideas take off (or scale) and why others fall flat using a mix of original research and real-world anecdotes from working with companies like Uber, Lyft, and Tinder.

Philosophy Club Meeting: Heterogenous Reasoning

Location: tables at Harrison Square (between D.M. Smith and Tech Tower), or the tables with benches downhill from The Whistle Stop (formerly Highland Bakery)

The Philosophy Club will meet to discuss a paper by Michael Hoffmann titled "Heterogeneous Reasoning: A Necessary Condition for Reframing Knowledge." In case of rain, meet in D.M. Smith Room 118.

As always, it is expected that attendees read the paper before the meeting.

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