Quotes Uncovered: Smoke, Mirrors, and Snowflakes
Each week, I’ve been inviting readers to submit quotations for which they want me to try to trace the origin, using The Yale Book of Quotations and my more recent research. Here is the latest round. Read More »
When the Solution Has No Price
One problem faced by a society that is always working toward solutions to various problems is that certain solutions, however effective, may go unused because they cannot be commodified. Read More »
One Nudge Does Not Fit All
The BPS Research Digest blog reports that those dire health warnings on cigarette packs may actually drive some people to smoke. Psychologists interviewed 39 student smokers about the importance of smoking to their self-esteem. The students were then divided into two groups and shown two different sets of cigarette packs – one set with death-related health warnings and one with death-neutral warnings. Read More »
Same Shirt, Different Location
I’ve heard of product differentiation by location, and of differentiation arising from slight differences in physical product, but never one obviously based on a combination of these two. Honolua Surf Company is a clothing line, selling in its own and other stores. It originated in Maui, as the name implies, and is really popular on the island. Read More »
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