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Habit, Judgment, and Doing the Right Thing—by Design

We are creatures of habit. Studies show that approximately 45% of our behaviors are habits that we enact automatically with little or no conscious intent. While one study found it takes 66 days to form a habit on average, breaking a habit is another story. In business, marketers stake their careers on creating new consumption…

人類の未来を信じて

どれだけ科学が進歩しても、人類がより賢明な方向へ向かっているようには思えないことが少なくありません。なぜ科学は私たちをよりよい未来へ導くことができないのでしょうか。No matter how much progress we make in science, it too often feels like we, humans, are not moving towards a wiser direction. Why can’t science guide us to a better future? 争いや苦しみの連鎖は、いまだ断ち切れていません。何か事件が起こるたびに根拠のない噂が飛び交い、人々はいとも簡単に恐怖と攻撃心をあおられ、反社会的な行動に駆り立てられます。The chain of conflict and suffering is still very much with us today. Every time some social incident occurs, people are so easily…

With Faith in the Future of Humanity

No matter how much progress we make in science, it too often feels like we, humans, are not moving towards a wiser direction. Why can’t science guide us to a better future?どれだけ科学が進歩しても、人類がより賢明な方向へ向かっているようには思えないことが少なくありません。なぜ科学は私たちをよりよい未来へ導くことができないのでしょうか。 The chain of conflict and suffering is still very much with us today. Every time some social incident occurs, people are so easily…