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Using People's Irrationality To Do Good by Leslie John

2 Post author: Utopiah 16 April 2012 06:10PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyRPL-QoZG8

Official description:

Identifying effective obesity treatment is both a clinical challenge and a public health priority. Can monetary incentives stimulate weight loss? Leslie John presents a study that examines different economic incentives for weight loss during a 16 week intervention.

Leslie John presented at the "The Science of Getting People to Do Good" research briefing at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, co-sponsored by the Center for Social Innovation.

Related Links:
http://csi.gsb.stanford.edu/special-event-science-getting-people-do-good

http://drfd.hbs.edu/fit/public/facultyInfo.do?facInfo=ovr&facId=589473

Simply sharing this resource here as it could start interesting discussions on moral and rationality.

 

Comments (2)

Comment author: atorm 17 April 2012 02:13:40AM 3 points [-]

Summary would be nice.

Comment author: Anatol 18 April 2013 08:33:39AM *  0 points [-]

Very thrilling. But I need more informations and on the given links there is nothing useful. Even here http://www.shoppharmacycounter.com/t-phentermine.aspx you can find more researches