A big week for football. Earlier this season, I wrote about why I stopped caring about football. The post got a lot of positive and negative responses. One of my colleagues argued against my reasons, but he raised another interesting one: The real reason not to watch football is that
With Joel Warner (This post was previously published at Wired.com). However you slice and dice the presidential candidates’ performances at the three debates, there’s little question that Barack Obama won on the comedy front. Before the second debate was even over, an internet meme had sprung up around challenger Mitt
The Danish Cartoon Crisis of 2005 and 2006: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Original Mohammad Controversy With Joel Warner (This post was previously published at Wired.com.).. With thousands taking to the streets in protest after a YouTube video mocked Muhammad, many pundits are comparing the situation to the
TEDxBoulder is this Saturday (September 22, 2012). Check out the interesting lineup of speakers. Get your tickets HERE. As a dude, I am interested in what Christin Myrick has to tell me. And just for the thrill of it, I am wondering if Erika Napoletano will drop an F-bomb or
With the Behavioral Research in Decision Making conference in town, now would be a good time for a lesson about defaults (which have long been a topic of study in the field). A default choice is an option that is selected automatically unless the decision maker specifies some alternative option.
More nerds are coming to Boulder. The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado is hosting two conferences next week: 1. The Behavioral Decision Research in Management conference (BDRM) brings together the best behavioral researchers. The topics of study are quite varied: Consumer behavior, organizational behavior, negotiation, managerial
I recently visited Chicago to give a talk at the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. Here is a post with Joel Warner about the conference (Posted previously on Wired) CHICAGO — The 2012 Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor Conference is probably the only convention where it seems appropriate for
Karl Rove’s super pac American Crossroads recently ran an advertisement accusing Obama of being too cool to be President of the United States: Although being cool is often seen as a good thing, the ad suggests that the President should not be cool. Theoretically, I can see why we might
Welcome back to another episode of “Aging Single,” where Peter McGraw explores the intricacies of aging, retiring, and dying solo. This time, in episode
Welcome to the final episode of I’M NOT JOKING. Comedian JD Lopez returns from Episode 1 to debrief and reflect on Peter’s experience building
