Dan Ariely

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The whole future is ahead of me. And I'm also mostly in bed. So I'm thinking about those things, but I'm mostly in bed. And I actually don't feel very much part of human society. I don't know if you know this, but I helped write a TV show loosely based on my life. The TV show is called The Irrational, and we're filming now the second season.

The whole future is ahead of me. And I'm also mostly in bed. So I'm thinking about those things, but I'm mostly in bed. And I actually don't feel very much part of human society. I don't know if you know this, but I helped write a TV show loosely based on my life. The TV show is called The Irrational, and we're filming now the second season.

In the writer's room, they asked me, what have I learned? Injuries are terrible, but they also asked me, what did I gain from this experience? And one of the very dual elements that is both good and bad is that I didn't feel human. My friends were doing regular human things, and I was not doing any of those. I wasn't dating and I wasn't going to the movies and I wasn't doing anything.

In the writer's room, they asked me, what have I learned? Injuries are terrible, but they also asked me, what did I gain from this experience? And one of the very dual elements that is both good and bad is that I didn't feel human. My friends were doing regular human things, and I was not doing any of those. I wasn't dating and I wasn't going to the movies and I wasn't doing anything.

Even in the beginning, I wasn't eating. I was fed by a tube for a very long time. But I think this distance also was really helpful for me as a social scientist. I think that now I'm a little bit more objective. I might not feel as connected in some ways to the human experience, but I feel a bit more observant.

Even in the beginning, I wasn't eating. I was fed by a tube for a very long time. But I think this distance also was really helpful for me as a social scientist. I think that now I'm a little bit more objective. I might not feel as connected in some ways to the human experience, but I feel a bit more observant.

And I think some of it has been very good for me in terms of my ability to sit back and try and observe our behaviors.

And I think some of it has been very good for me in terms of my ability to sit back and try and observe our behaviors.

The first thing that started was that I really hated the bandage removal process. So imagine that you are mostly burned. It means that the flesh is exposed. There's no skin. Bandages have to come on because you have to prevent infections. And once a day, they have to come off. The skin has to be scrubbed. The new bandages have to come again. Very, very painful process.

The first thing that started was that I really hated the bandage removal process. So imagine that you are mostly burned. It means that the flesh is exposed. There's no skin. Bandages have to come on because you have to prevent infections. And once a day, they have to come off. The skin has to be scrubbed. The new bandages have to come again. Very, very painful process.

Morphine was helpful, but certainly not eliminating all the pain. Excruciating. And especially when the flesh is bleeding, bandages adhere. Anyway, I was very much occupied with how do we make this process not as bad? And it has to be done. It's not an avoidable process, but can it be done in a better way? That was the thing that troubled me.

Morphine was helpful, but certainly not eliminating all the pain. Excruciating. And especially when the flesh is bleeding, bandages adhere. Anyway, I was very much occupied with how do we make this process not as bad? And it has to be done. It's not an avoidable process, but can it be done in a better way? That was the thing that troubled me.

And these kind of questions have led the rest of my career. I'm a social scientist, but really I'm concerned with problems that I think social science can help improve. My motivation is to say, let's analyze things that I think people are not doing so well right now, and let's think if we can do them better. Let's study them, understand them, and see if we can improve how things are done.

And these kind of questions have led the rest of my career. I'm a social scientist, but really I'm concerned with problems that I think social science can help improve. My motivation is to say, let's analyze things that I think people are not doing so well right now, and let's think if we can do them better. Let's study them, understand them, and see if we can improve how things are done.

So it started with this experience with bandages. where I started just arguing with the nurses and doctors. And later on, I did some experiments. I found out that they were indeed wrong. I started a campaign to change how things were done in hospital, had some success, and then went from there to continue with this path.

So it started with this experience with bandages. where I started just arguing with the nurses and doctors. And later on, I did some experiments. I found out that they were indeed wrong. I started a campaign to change how things were done in hospital, had some success, and then went from there to continue with this path.

Yeah. By the way, I think that personal passion for me is crucial. So a few years ago, I hired a guy in my research lab to work on health related problems. And he came first day in the lab and we talk about what he's going to do and the project and so on. And then I asked him about him, his life, his childhood, his hobbies, where he is.

Yeah. By the way, I think that personal passion for me is crucial. So a few years ago, I hired a guy in my research lab to work on health related problems. And he came first day in the lab and we talk about what he's going to do and the project and so on. And then I asked him about him, his life, his childhood, his hobbies, where he is.