“Guilty pleasure” …Something pleasurable that induces a usually minor feeling of guilt. – Merriam-Webster …Something that you shouldn’t like, but like anyway. – Urban Dictionary . These definitions focus on emotional and cognitive elements (e.g., feelings of guilt, pleasurable, shouldn’t like, like), but they overlook the behaviors associated with guilty pleasures. In short, when you […]
[An early post this week.] Last year, I asked why Superbowl advertising is so violent. This year, I ask why Superbowl advertising can be so bad. You know the deal: …1. A Super Bowl ad costs $3.5 million for 30 seconds. …2. More than 100 million people watch the Super Bowl. …3. If an ad […]
I recently returned from a trip to Europe, which featured talks at London Business School and the Rotterdam School of Management. In between those enjoyable destinations, I visited Denmark and Sweden as part of the Humor Code‘s invesitation into the dark side of humor. Part of our “dark side” expedition examined the Mohammed Cartoon Controversy. […]
Original post can be found on the Humor Code’s Huffington Post Blog. Celebrated polemicist Christopher Hitchens, who passed away last month, never lacked targets for his writerly ire: Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, Gore Vidal — even Mother Teresa was not immune. But in a polarizing 2007 Vanity Fair essay, Hitchens outdid himself, taking aim at […]
With winter weather in full force, it’s a great time of year to get away to an exotic locale, and that’s exactly what we’re up to here at the Humor Code. So where are we destined? Some sun-dappled countryside? Or maybe a tropical oasis complete with white-sand beaches and swaying palm trees? Far from it. […]
One of my tasks during my winter break (aside from research) is to plan a decision making conference that is coming to Boulder (June 27-29, 2012). Here is some information about it: The Behavioral Decision Research in Management Conference (BDRM) is held biennially and brings together the best of behavioral research within, but not limited […]
Sanjay Srivastava, a University of Oregon psychology professor and author of The Hardest Science, recently posted a Brent Roberts essay that describes my life as a research professor. Brent poses a question… Recently, I was asked for the 17th time by a family member, “So, what are you going to do this summer?” As usual, […]
