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Second NatureThe Prime Effect: How Amazon Has Us Hooked on ConvenienceThis episode originally aired on July 9, 2024. As more and more people are boycotting big brands like Amazon, we thought it was the perfect time to bring back this episode about how ditching convenience culture can actually make us more sustainable citizens.Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our use of Amazon has skyrockted, making the company the second biggest U.S. parcel carrier after the US Postal Service. Amazon has become the poster child for convenience culture, but the time we save for the sake of convenience is putting us in f...2025-02-2638 min
Second NatureThe Prime Effect: How Amazon Has Us Hooked on ConvenienceSince the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, our use of Amazon has skyrockted, making the company the second biggest U.S. parcel carrier after the US Postal Service. Amazon has become the poster child for convenience culture, but the time we save for the sake of convenience is putting us in financial and carbon debt. In this episode, we're grappling with our fraught relationship with our Amazon Prime subscriptions and getting practical tips to break free from convenience culture and start shopping more sustainably. On this episode, you'll hear:Listeners share their...2024-07-1037 min
Game Changer - the game theory podcastHidden Games: Exploring the rationality of irrational choices | with Moshe HoffmanIn this episode, we explore the often misunderstood relationship between game theory and human behaviour. Our guest Moshe Hoffman challenges the conventional belief that game theory only applies to rational actors. As Moshe explains in his book “Hidden games” (co-authored with Erez Yoeli), even seemingly irrational behaviours and preferences can be explained through game theory. We dive into the concept of 'hidden games' and their influence on our daily actions and decisions, revealing the subtle complexities of human social behaviour. Moshe Hoffman is a lecturer at Harvard's Department of Economics and at Boston College as well...2024-03-1127 min
The Mike Fallat Podcast#152 - Erez Yoeli (Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior)Mike interviews Erez Yoeli.In this episode, we delve into the intriguing insights of Erez Yoeli's book, "Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior.""Hidden Games" takes us on a captivating journey into the world of game theory, a powerful framework for understanding strategic interactions and decision-making in a wide range of contexts, from economics and politics to social psychology and evolutionary biology. As a leading expert in behavioral science, Erez Yoeli offers readers a fascinating exploration of how game theory can shed light on the seemingly irrational behaviors...2024-03-0436 min
Carnegie Council PodcastsUnlocking Cooperation: A Global Ethics Day Special EventAt Carnegie Council, we believe that cooperation is an essential virtue in the pursuit of an ethical life. And yet, it seems that cooperation is often absent from public life today. If we don’t take steps to enhance cooperation—both in our personal lives and collectively as a society—there is little hope of addressing shared global challenges such as climate change, AI, political violence, and more. In this keynote event for Global Ethics Day 2023, Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal led a conversation with MIT's Erez Yoeli and Tufts University's Abiodun Williams on the psychology behind cooperation...2023-10-201h 18
Behavioral Grooves PodcastImperfectly Perfect: The Science of Human Decision Making | Lionel PageHumans have limited information processing abilities and cannot possibly evaluate all possible options when making a decision. However, describing people merely as irrational paints an inaccurate picture. There can be benefits to the biases we hold.
Author of Optimally Irrational: The Good Reasons We Behave the Way We Do Lionel Page PhD, joins Kurt Nelson and Tim Houlihan on Behavioral Grooves Podcast to talk about his book. Lionel is a French-born economist who is currently working as the Director of the Behavioural and Economic Science Cluster at the University of Queensland in Australia.
Among the to...2023-08-2143 min
Stanford Psychology Podcast93 - Moshe Hoffman: Altruism, irrationality, and the psychology of aestheticsRachel chats with Moshe Hoffman, a Lecturer and Independent Scholar at Harvard’s Department of Economics. Moshe uses game theory to explore the evolutionary bases of human behavior, from altruistic donations to our taste in music. His recent book, co-authored with Dr. Erez Yoeli, is “Hidden Games: The Surprising power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior.” In this episode, Rachel and Moshe discuss how incentives shape empathy, how saying "I love you" enables social coordination, and why we appreciate the music of rapper MF Doom.If you found this episode interesting at all, subscr...2023-04-2149 min
unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc247. Game Theory in Everyday Actions feat. Moshe Hoffman and Erez YoeliCan ordinary symbolic human behavior be analyzed through the lens of game theory the same way that the economic behavior can?? What similarities show up in both economics and culture??Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli are both research scientists at MIT, lecturers at Harvard, and authors of the book Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior. In the book, Moshe and Erez use game theory to examine human behavior and provide an insightful way to explain seemingly irrational human behavior, along with some fascinating real-world examples. Moshe, Erez, and Gr...2023-02-1542 min
The Dissenter#718 Moshe Hoffman & Erez Yoeli - Hidden Games; Game Theory and Irrational Human Behavior (Pt. 2)------------------Support the channel------------
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Behavioral Grooves PodcastHow Game Theory Can Be Used To Explain Human Behavior | Erez YoeliWe know human behavior isn’t rational. But this episode illustrates behavior using a surprising concept - game theory. This eye opening conversation with Erez Yoeli delves into what game theory is and the remarkable way it can be used to explain the things we think, feel and do.
Our guest, Erez Yoeli has co-authored a new book, alongside Moshe Hoffman, called “Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior”. Erez is a research scientist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and he teaches the undergraduate Game Theory course at Harvard. His re...2022-12-1253 min
Seize the Moment PodcastMoshe Hoffman - Hidden Games: The Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Behavior | STM #143On episode 143, we welcome Moshe Hoffman to discuss game theory and its applications to real-world decision-making, the dove/hawk game and why we don’t need to calculate value quantitatively to pursue goals, cultural evolution and why morals don’t need to be objectively true for us to subscribe to them, short term vs long term optimization and our tendency to sacrifice the latter for the former, how the incentive structure in capitalistic societies fosters greed and predatory behavior, the important role of emotions in decision-making, and how preferences and our desires to attain them are cultivated. Mosh...2022-08-2856 min
Game Changer - the game theory podcastWhy do we cooperate and help others - Game theory & altruism | with Erez YoeliThis episode is all about cooperation and altruism. Erez Yoeli explains how these concepts can be modelled using game theory, and which measures can be taken to increase altruism in different situations. He also shares the success story of the company Keheala, which uses game theoretic insights to foster altruistic behaviour in the healthcare context. Erez Yoeli is a research scientist at MIT's Sloan School of Management where he directs the Applied Cooperation Team. He is also co-author of the book "Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior". His research interests...2022-08-0247 min
Converging Dialogues#147 - Game Theory and Human Behavior: A Dialogue with Moshe Hoffman and Erez YoeliIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli on game theory and how this can be used to understand human behavior. They define game theory, discuss how primary and secondary rewards can be used, and explain Nash equilibrium and hawk-dove theory. They discuss the importance of signals and the costly signaling model, signals with different audiences, and how evidence and persuasion are spun differently. They also discuss the prisoners dilemma, altruism, cooperation, punishment, and may other topics. Moshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary B...2022-06-261h 33
The Genuinely Interested PodcastEp 129 Erez Yoeli - Game Theory ExplainedErez Yoeli is a research scientist at MIT's Sloan School of Management where he directs the Applied Corporations Team. His research focuses on altruism: understanding how it works and how to promote it. He collaborates with governments, nonprofits, and companies to apply the lessons of this research towards addressing real-world challenges like increasing energy conservation, improving antibiotic adherence, reducing smoking in public places, and promoting philanthropy.
Erez also has a popular Ted Talk about how to motivate people to do good for others. His new book Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational...2022-05-301h 37
The Rewired SoulThe Hidden Games of Human Behavior with Moshe Hoffman and Erez YoeliEpisode Notes
People are more strategic than we sometimes give them credit for, but how much of it is done consciously? Game theory originated from concerns about nuclear war, but now there's so much more research being done about how we evolved for these "hidden games". Today's guests are Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli to discuss their brand new book with some groundbreaking research and insights about game theory.
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Politico piece: How Game Theory Explains Why We Have...2022-05-201h 08
The Rewired SoulThe Hidden Games of Human Behavior with Moshe Hoffman and Erez YoeliPeople are more strategic than we sometimes give them credit for, but how much of it is done consciously? Game theory originated from concerns about nuclear war, but now there's so much more research being done about how we evolved for these "hidden games". Today's guests are Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli to discuss their brand new book with some groundbreaking research and insights about game theory.Follow Moshe on Twitter @Moshe_HoffmanFollow Erez on Twitter @erezyoeliGet a copy of Hidden GamesPolitico piece: How Game Theory...2022-05-191h 08
The Michael Shermer Show270. Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrationality (Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli)Shermer, Hoffman, and Yoeli discuss: the problems game theory was developed to solve • How rational or irrational an animal are we? • the evolutionary logic of game theory • Alan Fiske’s four relationships • kin selection, altruism and reciprocal altruism • deception and self-deception • costly signaling theory • pirate rationality • virtue signaling • Putin, Russia, and Ukraine • Israeli-Palestinian conflict • justice, self-help justice, norms and laws • chemical weapons/nuclear weapons taboos/norms • dueling: what problem did it solve? • beliefs: first-order vs. second-order. Moshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, a research fellow at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and a lect...2022-05-101h 57
SkepticMoshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli on the Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human BehaviorMoshe Hoffman is a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology whose research focuses on using game theory and models of learning. Erez Yoeli is a research scientist at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, whose research focuses on altruism: understanding how it works and how to promote it. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rss2sjys7unuzofeedsfeedburnercom.substack.com2022-05-1000 min
Hodder BooksHIDDEN GAMES by Moshe Hoffman & Erza Yoeli, read by Gary Tiedemann - audiobook extractHow game theory—the ultimate theory of rationality—explains irrational behaviour.
In Hidden Games, MIT economists Moshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli find a surprising middle ground between the hyperrationality of classical economics and the hyper-irrationality of behavioural economics. They call it hidden games. Reviving game theory, Hoffman and Yoeli use it to explain our most puzzling behaviour, from the mechanics of Stockholm syndrome and internalised misogyny to why we help strangers and have a sense of fairness.
Fun and powerfully insightful, Hidden Games is an eye-opening argument for using game theory to explain all the irrational things we think, feel and...2022-04-2905 min
Let Free Audiobook Transport You to New WorldsHidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior Audiobook by Erez YoeliListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 537704
Title: Hidden Games: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
Author: Erez Yoeli, Moshe Hoffman
Narrator: Gary Tiedemann
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10:41:20
Language: English
Release date: 04-05-22
Publisher: Hachette Book Group USA
Genres: Business & Economics, Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Psychology, Mathematics
Summary:
Two MIT economists show how game theory—the ultimate theory of rationality—explains irrational behavior
We like to think of ourselves as rational. This idea is the foundation for classical economic analysis of human behavior, including the awesome achievements of game theory. But as behavioral economics shows, ...2022-04-0510h 41
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The Dr. Drew PodcastMoshe Hoffman and Erez YoeliMoshe Hoffman and Erez Yoeli are an oddball pair of economists and authors, focused on using standard tools like game theory to tackle far-from-standard questions. Their new book 'HIDDEN GAMES: The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior' is available now for preorder anywhere books are sold.
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Boston Basic Income132 — Cultural IncentivesWe often discuss the extent to which the economy needs labor to produce its output. But to what extent do people need to work jobs in order to live meaningful and fulfilling lives? Is it a coincidence that people happen to have a "need" to do the very thing that society expects of them? To what extent do cultural and economic incentives shape human psychology?
Does it become a problem if the economy needs less labor? Is it a problem if basic income leaves some people jobless? How adaptable are psychology and...2020-12-211h 27
TEDx ShortsHow to motivate people to do good for othersMIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations to motivate people to act in the interest of others.This talk was filmed at TEDxCambridge. All TEDx events are organized independently by volunteers in the spirit of TED's mission of ideas worth spreading. To learn more about TEDxSHORTS, the TEDx program, or give feedback on this episode, please visit http://go.ted.com/tedxshorts. Follow TEDx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TEDx Follow TEDx on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tedx_officialLike TEDx on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...2020-11-0307 min
The Decision CornerStrategies to Motivate for the Collective Good: Erez YoeliIn this episode of The Decision Corner, Brooke Struck invites Erez Yoeli to share his insights on how people tick. Dr. Erez Yoeli is a research associate at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and co-director of the Applied Cooperation Team (ACT). ACT is a team of researchers that applies insights from the social sciences towards increasing contributions to real-world public goods.
Erez designs and tests large-scale interventions to promote altruistic behaviors such as charitable donations, volunteering, resource conservation, and medication adherence. He has worked as a researcher at Harvard University’s Program for Evolutionary Dynamics and Yale...2020-10-2346 min
Dot to Dot Life Connected™Behavioural Science in Action with Erez Yoeli - research scientist M.I.TNudges to make better decisions but who for - whether we are manipulating people to do things that aren’t good for them or that are, there are moral implications behind nudges and behavioural norms. We also discuss interesting things like recycling being more of a problem because people recycle too much of the wrong thing and what to do about it, how social media has influenced movements like me too and making people feel like they’re living as if they were a brand. Erez has so many interesting things to share. If you’re interested in practical applic...2020-10-2134 min
Solvecast SpotlightSolving For Communication Strategy and Covid-19 With Erez Yoeli, MIT Sloan School of ManagementHow can governments and community leaders enhance their communication strategy during crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic? Entities around the globe are challenged to motivate the public to act for the greater good yet few seem to be applying scientific rigor in crafting communications.Erez Yoeli, from MIT Sloan School of Management, is interviewed by Afroze Ali, strategist and author, about three key insights to drive a more effective communication strategy:1) Communicate the benefit to the community2) Make the ask unambiguous, categorical ,and concise3) Generate the impression that others...2020-09-1635 min
Stories of ImpactEncouraging Altruism During a Pandemic with Dr. Erez YoeliIn today’s episode, host Richard Sergay speaks with Erez Yoeli, director of the Applied Cooperation Team at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, about how to motivate people to cooperate and behave altruistically during a pandemic. Dr. Yoeli discusses how we can harness the power of reputation to encourage prosocial behavior, and suggests ways to make the message of altruism appeal to everyone in a time when people are receiving conflicting messages about what is right. This is the second episode in a special, five-part Covid-19 conversation series. Learn more about Erez Yoeli Me...2020-07-0733 min
TED Podcast | Society and Culture타인을 위한 선행을 하도록 동기부여하는 방법 | 에레즈 요엘리(Erez Yoeli)어떻게 하면 사람들이 더 많은 선행을 하도록 할 수 있을까요? 투표를 하러 가고, 자선단체에 기부하고, 자원을 보호하고, 혹은 일반적으로 타인에게 더 잘 행동하게끔 말입니다. MIT 연구원 에레즈 요엘리는 사람들이 타인을 위한 선행을 할 수 있도록 평판의 힘을 도구로 활용하는 간단한 체크리스트를 공유합니다. 평판이란 우리가 이기적이지 않고 관대하고 친절하게 보이기를 바라는 집합적 욕구죠. 사람들이 선행을 하도록 하는 당신의 접근법에 작은 변화를 주는 것이 어떻게 놀라운 결과로 이어지는지 함께 살펴봅시다.2018-12-0512 min
TEDTalks 社会与文化如何激励人们多行善事？ | Erez Yoeli我们应该如何激励人们多行善事：参与民意调查，慈善捐款，保护资源或者友善待人？麻省理工大学研究科学家埃雷兹 · 尤利分享了一个借力名誉的极简清单——
即我们希望被认可为慷慨大方和善良，而不是自私自利的人——来激励人们多行善事。通过这个演讲，我们可以了解到我们对鼓励他人多行善事方法的小小改变，将能产生令人惊喜的结果。Translated by Ying LuReviewed by jacks jun2018-12-0512 minTED Talks Society and CultureHow to motivate people to do good for others | Erez YoeliHow can we get people to do more good: to go to the polls, give to charity, conserve resources or just generally act better towards others? MIT research scientist Erez Yoeli shares a simple checklist for harnessing the power of reputations -- or our collective desire to be seen as generous and kind instead of selfish -- to motivate people to act in the interest of others. Learn more about how small changes to your approach to getting people to do good could yield surprising results.2018-12-0512 minTEDTalks 사회와 문화타인을 위한 선행을 하도록 동기부여하는 방법 | 에레즈 요엘리(Erez Yoeli)어떻게 하면 사람들이 더 많은 선행을 하도록 할 수 있을까요? 투표를 하러 가고, 자선단체에 기부하고, 자원을 보호하고, 혹은 일반적으로 타인에게 더 잘 행동하게끔 말입니다. MIT 연구원 에레즈 요엘리는 사람들이 타인을 위한 선행을 할 수 있도록 평판의 힘을 도구로 활용하는 간단한 체크리스트를 공유합니다. 평판이란 우리가 이기적이지 않고 관대하고 친절하게 보이기를 바라는 집합적 욕구죠. 사람들이 선행을 하도록 하는 당신의 접근법에 작은 변화를 주는 것이 어떻게 놀라운 결과로 이어지는지 함께 살펴봅시다.2018-12-0512 minTEDTalks Sociedad y CulturaCómo motivar a las personas a hacer el bien a los demás | Erez Yoeli¿Cómo podemos hacer que las personas hagan más el bien: ir a las urnas, donar a organizaciones benéficas, conservar recursos o, en general, actuar mejor hacia los demás? El científico investigador del MIT Erez Yoeli comparte una simple lista de verificación para aprovechar el poder de la reputación, o nuestro deseo colectivo de ser vistos como generosos y amables en lugar de egoístas, para motivar a las personas a actuar en beneficio de los demás. Aprenda más acerca de cómo los pequeños cambios en su enfoque para lograr que las perso...2018-12-0512 minTEDTalks Sociedade e CulturaComo motivar as pessoas a fazerem o bem pelos outros | Erez YoeliComo podemos fazer com que as pessoas façam mais o bem: ir às urnas, doar à caridade, conservar recursos ou simplesmente agir melhor em relação aos outros? Erez Yoeli, cientista de pesquisa do MIT, compartilha uma lista de verificação simples para aproveitar o poder das reputações - ou nosso desejo coletivo de sermos vistos como generosos e gentis em vez de egoístas - para motivar as pessoas a agirem no interesse dos outros. Saiba mais sobre como pequenas mudanças na sua abordagem para levar as pessoas a fazer o bem podem produzir resultados surpreendentes.2018-12-0512 minTEDTalks Culture et sociétéComment motiver les gens à bien agir envers les autres | Erez YoeliComment inciter les gens à faire plus de bien : se présenter aux urnes, donner aux œuvres de charité, conserver nos ressources ou, en général, bien agir envers les autres ? Le chercheur en sciences du MIT Erez Yoeli partage une liste simple pour tirer profit du pouvoir des réputations -- ou de notre désir collectif d'être vu comme étant généreux et gentil plutôt qu'égoïste -- pour motiver les gens à agir dans l'intérêt des autres. Apprenez-en plus sur comment de petits changements dans votre approche pour inciter les gens à faire du bien pourrait pe...2018-12-0512 min