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Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance @jbef.bsky.social · 1d

Forthcoming in JBEF: “Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation” by B. R. Newell, H. Bateman, L. Dobrescu, J. Embrey, R. Nian, and S. Thorp. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation

Most defined contribution retirement income systems assume that retiring participants have the know-how and confidence to turn their lump sum savings …

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 19h

Those that save adequate amounts for retirement often spend much less than they can afford once they actually retire. We investigate the effects different anchors and projections have on people's retirement spending behaviour in this new paper.

Undefined benefit: Projections and anchors as guides to retirement decumulation

Most defined contribution retirement income systems assume that retiring participants have the know-how and confidence to turn their lump sum savings …

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 1d

This kid is bound for Booth

Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 1d

jumpscare on instagram @dandekadt.bsky.social

some instagram account has posted a screenshot of dan's post that says "My wife and I never talk baby talk to our kid. We enforce academic seminar norms and jargon. My child isnt even 2 yet and can interrupt presenters on the first slide. Adults at family gatherings are shocked when my child asks a questino that turns out to be more of a comment." it has THIRTY SIX THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIVE LIKES

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 14d

Just finished reading the article and I cannot believe the Kissinger part is real. Pure, unadulterated comedy.

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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 19d

300 paywall jumps for Robin's MainFT lunch with Jean-Philippe Bouchaud. Get one before someone else does.

on.ft.com/3K7Or9T

Investor Jean-Philippe Bouchaud: ‘The whole bull run is because of an influx of money’

[FREE TO READ] The physicist and hedge fund manager on why the efficient markets theory is ‘all wrong’, economists with ‘mathematics envy’ — and what Camus can teach us about compromise

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noam chompers @noamchompers.bsky.social · 22d

i think it's probably right that a lot of the bluster from the state about cracking down on liberals and free expression belies a rather limited capacity to actually do so at scale, but 1. a lot of the chilling of free expression can be achieved just by the threat, making an example out of a

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 22d

Congrats Mickey! Very well deserved.

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 22d

>"Free speech is being stifled by 'The Left' and we must ensure there is adequate debate on campus"

> "We must simultaneously pursue the firing of professors, managers, and anyone else who dares exercise the freedoms provided them by the first amendment"

www.ft.com/content/b1c5...

US campuses seek a safe space for debate after Charlie Kirk’s murder

The assassination comes as universities are under pressure to expose students to a more diverse range of views

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 27d

@popwatson.bsky.social did all the hard yards on this one, I learned a lot about a field I'm otherwise an amateur in working on this project.

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · 27d

New paper! Different to my usual schtick concerning cognitive costs. We analysed differences in learning between depressed and healthy students and whether Pavlovian biases differed between them. We found mixed evidence... have a read!
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Mark Ho @markkho.bsky.social · Sep 3

The TiCS issue featuring our paper on "A timeline of cognitive costs in decision-making" is now available online 😄

Honored to have been a part of this awesome interdisciplinary mega-collab led by Christin Schulze (UNSW Sydney)

www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

A timeline of cognitive costs in decision-making

Recent research from economics, psychology, cognitive science, computer science, and marketing is increasingly interested in the idea that people face cognitive costs when making decisions. Reviewing ...

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Trends in Cognitive Sciences @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social · Aug 27

Online Now: Are metabolic costs needed to explain cognitive fatigue?

Are metabolic costs needed to explain cognitive fatigue?

When we exercise, our muscles ache, fuel reserves (glucose, ATP) deplete, and the hours that follow are well described by the word ‘fatigue’. Prolonged thinking, too, comes with costs; while we might not gasp for breath during an exam, everyone is familiar with the feeling of exhaustion after a sustained bout of cognitive effort. In their review, Pessiglione et al. [1] formalize this intuition with an integrative model that combines motivational and metabolic mechanisms. Their MetaMotiF framework offers a compelling account of why the exertion of cognitive control becomes increasingly difficult over time.

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Shenhav Lab @shenhavlab.bsky.social · Aug 27

After scrolling Twitter, it will take you a while to get back into “work mode”. Why is this the case? Our new work (out now in Psych Review), led by Ivan Grahek and Xiamin Leng, explores the costs of adjusting cognitive control to meet different goals:
psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

🧵 A thread:

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Out now, in case you prefer to read things (as I do) in journal format
www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

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The Onion @theonion.com · Aug 25

Guy In Philosophy Class Needs To Shut The Fuck Up https://theonion.com/guy-in-philosophy-class-needs-to-shut-the-fuck-up-1819568055/

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Chaz Firestone @chazfirestone.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's true: This is the first project from our lab that has a "Merch" page!

Get yours @ www.perceptionresearch.org/anagrams/mer...

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · Aug 19

I want everyone to close their eyes and imagine a world where AI is wildly successful in the next 5 years. Billions use it every day, governments build data centers as fast as they can, millions of lives are saved by its disease cures, and Sam Altman wins a Nobel. Imagine what OpenAI stock would do.

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 10

Finally got around to reading that Aeon article. Safe to say I’m even more steadfast in my view that the brain is a computer—that was thoroughly unconvincing.

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Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn.bsky.social · Aug 10

"the computational metaphor" in cognitive science is not a metaphor. computational processes are attributed to the mind/brain in the most dead-literal sense. one can disagree with it but (1) it's not as simple as discarding a metaphor and (2) boy is there a lot of data that has to be explained!

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is one question in the field that properly excites me—not to say I don’t love consumer behaviour!—so if you hate it (or like it) let us know.

Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 10

We outline some of the computational and motivational factors that may contribute to fatigue and also highlight what we perceive to be a lack of current support for metabolic costs. Given the history of fatigue research—see ego depletion—we think some skepticism is healthy!

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 10

New letter by @minzlicht.bsky.social and I forthcoming in TiCS on whether neurometabolic costs are necessary to explain cognitive fatigue. While the origins of fatigue may turn out to be metabolic, we argue there isn’t yet sufficient evidence for such theories. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · Aug 9

I spent the day with Curtis Yarvin and the "dissident right" at a garden party in Surrey and wrote quite a few words about it.

My cover story for today’s FT Magazine

on.ft.com/4ooXS4t [GIFT LINK! 🎁]

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right

[FREE TO READ] What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled

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Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 8

Jake Embrey @jakeembrey.bsky.social · Aug 6

Always kinda liked Nathan's articles. Kinda doubting my own judgement now given how bad this post is.

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