Dan Ariely

I think the thick skin is really developing a good group of friends and that trust us and support us in those moments. I don't think anybody could look at hateful comments about themselves and not care. I think it's about having those people around us who reflect to us who we really are.

I think the thick skin is really developing a good group of friends and that trust us and support us in those moments. I don't think anybody could look at hateful comments about themselves and not care. I think it's about having those people around us who reflect to us who we really are.

We're certainly not doing well. We have record number of people who are on all kinds of SSRIs. And we have lots of people who are not doing so well. I think part of it is the attention economy. Part of it is the fragmented day. Part of it is the fact that we're not feeling in control. Part of it is the fact that we feel helplessly and hopelessly behind.

We're certainly not doing well. We have record number of people who are on all kinds of SSRIs. And we have lots of people who are not doing so well. I think part of it is the attention economy. Part of it is the fragmented day. Part of it is the fact that we're not feeling in control. Part of it is the fact that we feel helplessly and hopelessly behind.

And my field, behavioral economics, basically believe that it's very hard to change people. and much easier to change the environment. We also believe that the decisions people end up making are a function of the people, but mostly the function of the environment. And we have designed an environment that is just not good for us. And I'll give you a metaphor for this. Every year, cars get better.

And my field, behavioral economics, basically believe that it's very hard to change people. and much easier to change the environment. We also believe that the decisions people end up making are a function of the people, but mostly the function of the environment. And we have designed an environment that is just not good for us. And I'll give you a metaphor for this. Every year, cars get better.

How does the car get better? Yeah, they get a little bit more efficient and so on. Mostly they get better by assuming correctly what shitty drivers we are. We used to think that if we had anti-lock brakes, it will help. Then we had a seatbelt and a rear view mirror, then side mirrors, then we have little lights, then we have all kinds of things.

How does the car get better? Yeah, they get a little bit more efficient and so on. Mostly they get better by assuming correctly what shitty drivers we are. We used to think that if we had anti-lock brakes, it will help. Then we had a seatbelt and a rear view mirror, then side mirrors, then we have little lights, then we have all kinds of things.

Every year, the main advances is to realize the extent to which we're shitty drivers and to make it a little more difficult for us to kill ourselves. So if you think about the development, the development is accepting human nature and building around it. Nobody in the car industry says, oh, let's send people to a workshop on how to be a better driver. No, no, no. It's hopeless.

Every year, the main advances is to realize the extent to which we're shitty drivers and to make it a little more difficult for us to kill ourselves. So if you think about the development, the development is accepting human nature and building around it. Nobody in the car industry says, oh, let's send people to a workshop on how to be a better driver. No, no, no. It's hopeless.

People are shitty drivers. Let's make cars. It will get people to have more difficult time to kill themselves and other people. In the world of information, technology is the opposite. Every year, information technology is becoming less compatible with human nature. less comfortable, less conforming to our limitation, more demanding and so on. It's kind of a shame, right?

People are shitty drivers. Let's make cars. It will get people to have more difficult time to kill themselves and other people. In the world of information, technology is the opposite. Every year, information technology is becoming less compatible with human nature. less comfortable, less conforming to our limitation, more demanding and so on. It's kind of a shame, right?

You could say, okay, what would IT, what would information, what would the calendar look like? If it understood, we can't just focus eight hours straight. What would the calendar look like if it understood that we need to pee between meetings? You don't have to go far. But it's not just a calendar. It's email and it's every different platform like this.

You could say, okay, what would IT, what would information, what would the calendar look like? If it understood, we can't just focus eight hours straight. What would the calendar look like if it understood that we need to pee between meetings? You don't have to go far. But it's not just a calendar. It's email and it's every different platform like this.

So I think that our digital world eventually is very, very badly designed for our health and our mental health. We'll see its effect on health in 30 years from now, but we see the mental health effect very much now. And people have to take control. And I think people who are high up in organization need to do it for themselves and they need to do it for the people who work with them.

So I think that our digital world eventually is very, very badly designed for our health and our mental health. We'll see its effect on health in 30 years from now, but we see the mental health effect very much now. And people have to take control. And I think people who are high up in organization need to do it for themselves and they need to do it for the people who work with them.

We need to control the flow of email and we need to control what we do on social media and we need to figure out how we go to sleep without screens and all of those things. There's this term called structured procrastination. is the idea that we do things that make us feel like we're making progress, but without actually making progress.

We need to control the flow of email and we need to control what we do on social media and we need to figure out how we go to sleep without screens and all of those things. There's this term called structured procrastination. is the idea that we do things that make us feel like we're making progress, but without actually making progress.

Like getting to inbox zero or making a to-do list and then checking things off. It's not really making progress, but there are a lot of things in the digital world that gives us a sense that we're making progress and we gravitate to them and we do less. So here is one simple advice. I'll tell you what I do. I go to the office every morning

Like getting to inbox zero or making a to-do list and then checking things off. It's not really making progress, but there are a lot of things in the digital world that gives us a sense that we're making progress and we gravitate to them and we do less. So here is one simple advice. I'll tell you what I do. I go to the office every morning