Nudge Theory’s Dark Side (w/ Richard Thaler), Hybrid Fruit Science, Words for “Pirate”
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🗓️ 17 September 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Learn about how to avoid getting dragged down by “Sludge”; how hybrid fruit like plumcots are made; and pirate parlance.
Additional resources from Richard Thaler:
- Pick up "Nudge: The Final Edition" at your local bookstore: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143137009
- Faculty page: https://www.chicagobooth.edu/faculty/directory/t/richard-h-thaler
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/r_thaler
- Nobel Prize page: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2017/thaler/facts/
How plumcots are made by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Carmelita in Newton, Massachusetts)
- Pollination and fertilisation. (2012). Science Learning Hub; Science Learning Hub. https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/77-pollination-and-fertilisation
- Siegel, E. (2015, July 12). Are Pluots GMOs? And Other Questions About Hybrid Stone Fruit. Bostonorganics.com; Boston Organics. http://blog.bostonorganics.com/are-pluots-gmos-and-other-questions-about-hybrid-stone-fruit
- Slate, S. (2010, January 22). The Secrets of Hybrid Fruit. The Daily Beast; The Daily Beast. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-secrets-of-hybrid-fruit
- Harbarger, M. (2016, October 3). Here’s how your vegetables are made. Oregonlive. https://www.oregonlive.com/food/2016/10/heres_how_your_vegetables_are.html
- Pluots And Apriums: The Best Of Both Parents. (2009, July). NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106098949
- Demystifying Pluots, Apriums and Other Stone Fruit Hybrids. (2019). ANR Blogs. https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=30722
- Apricot pronunciation tweet: https://twitter.com/smashleyhamer/status/1432806938534989835
Difference between pirates, privateers, corsairs, buccaneers by Steffie Drucker
- Pirates, Privateers, Corsairs, Buccaneers: What’s the Difference? | Britannica. (2021). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/story/pirates-privateers-corsairs-buccaneers-whats-the-difference
- Whitenton, B. (2012, September 20). The Difference Between Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers Pt. 1. Mariners’ Blog. https://blog.marinersmuseum.org/2012/09/the-difference-between-pirates-privateers-and-buccaneers-pt-1/
- Whitenton, B. (2012, October 4). The Difference Between Pirates, Privateers and Buccaneers Pt. 2. Mariners’ Blog. https://blog.marinersmuseum.org/2012/10/the-difference-between-pirates-privateers-and-buccaneers-pt-2/
- The Golden Age of Piracy. (2021). Rmg.co.uk. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/golden-age-piracy
International Talk Like a Pirate Day: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Talk_Like_a_Pirate_Day
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from |
| 0:04.8 | Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Goff and I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about the |
| 0:09.3 | darker side of nudge theory with Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler. |
| 0:14.0 | We'll also answer a listener question about how hybrid fruits like plumb cots are made, |
| 0:19.0 | and you'll learn the difference between pirates, privateers, |
| 0:22.0 | corsayers, and Buccaneers. |
| 0:24.0 | Let's satisfy some curiosity. |
| 0:27.0 | Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Faylor |
| 0:30.0 | and his co-author, Cass Sunstein, |
| 0:32.0 | have just released a new edition of their mega bestseller |
| 0:35.2 | about behavioral economics, called Nudge, the final edition. |
| 0:39.9 | Yesterday Richard Thaler told us about how Nudge Theory has changed the world since the book came out in 2008. |
| 0:47.0 | And today he's going to tell us about the dark side of Nudge Theory, which he calls Sludge. The mantra of nudge is make it easy. |
| 0:55.0 | If you want somebody to do something, make it easy. |
| 0:58.0 | Sludge is the opposite. |
| 1:00.0 | It's the stuff that slows us down and mucks things up or traps us. |
| 1:07.0 | The term was coined, was actually coined on Twitter. |
| 1:12.0 | I don't know if a scientific term has ever been |
| 1:15.1 | coined before on Twitter, but my previous book |
| 1:18.2 | was called Misbehaving. |
| 1:20.4 | And the first review of Misbehaving appeared in a London newspaper, The Paywall. |
| 1:27.0 | And my editor sends me a link. |
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