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BIT is the company blog at bi.team, writing about economics and business. Since 2019, 9 different Hacker News readers have linked it 9 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Bit is a global research and innovation consultancy which uses deep understanding of human behaviour to improve people's lives.
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> But even that would be besides the point: It's not the 'legal system' that makes things work, it's the integrity of the system overall, maintained by a 'legal system'. Canada isn't rich because it has a 'legal system' - that's just one component. It's rich because people and groups act with integrity. The 'law' is involved very rarely. You have flipped the direction of the causal arrow here. The existence of funct…
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on “The Ethereum merge is done”Submitted Gender differences in response to requirements in job adverts [pdf] as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSocial trust has been falling for decades[1], and will continue to fall. All of these epiphenomena will get worse until we take social trust seriously. [1] - https://www.bi.team/blogs/social-trust-is-one-of-the-most-im...
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on “Clear backpacks, monitored emails: U.S. students under constant surveillance”Submitted Ways of explaining employment gaps in a CV/Resume as a story · 1 points
HN discussionInteresting white-hat application of behavioral economics. It's no surprise this is happening in UK. Based on Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler's book "Nudge," the UK set up a behavioral economics team charged with helping British subjects interact with their government. They had some notable successes. That's now called The Behavioural Insights Team. https://www.bi.team/ It's possible their national experience led t…
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on “Under-18s face 'like' and 'streaks' bans on social media”Submitted How Slovakia tested 3.6M people for Covid-19 in a single weekend as a story · 1 points
HN discussionPeople don't know when they don't know and often inflate their knowledge unknowingly. I'm not saying we can't do it at all. I'm saying we're not great at it. There's research that shows we can't even be trusted to accurately say why we make certain decisions or perform certain actions. It's all post-hoc rationalization. If you make someone believe they made another decision, they'll make something up on the fly to j…
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on “Ask HN: 6 months later. How is Bard doing?”Submitted Improving NHS procurement with a behavioural procurement platform as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Bright infographics and minimal text make the most effective handwashing posters as a story · 1 points
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