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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 18h

What's the difference between a growth and a fixed mindset? What are the benefits of adopting a growth mindset for performance? A new episode of the #Choiceology podcast featuring psychology Professor @marycmurphy.bsky.social
answers these questions and many more.
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Charles Schwab

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 5d

NYC, 10/4 @ 2 pm: Get tickets to see THIS MUCH I KNOW featuring a special, 1-time post-show Q&A w/ me about behavioral science. This play was inspired by Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow and is a must-see for all behavioral science junkies: www.59e59.org/shows/buy-ti...

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations to my Wharton colleague @corinnelow.com on her fantastic new book HAVING IT ALL, which is a must read for women everywhere who are trying to juggle all the things. a.co/d/6v3ZNp2

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 7d

🙏🏻 2 co-authors: Sean Ellis, Dena Gromet, Ella DeMay, Heather Graci, Jay Jung, Rayyan Mobarak, Ramon Zumaran, Mia Simmons, Christophe Van den Bulte, Shlomo Benartzi, Matthew Hilchey, Laura Goodyear, Dean Karlan, Nina Mazar, Daniel Mochon, Avni Shah, Dilip Soman, Jonathan Zinman, & Angela Duckworth.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 7d

The best-performing reminder campaign sent weekly emails to customers who hadn't made a savings deposit in the last week nudging them to save, and those who had already made a deposit were congratulated. This campaign boosted monthly one-time savings deposits by 1.32%.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 7d

🚨NEW PAPER ALERT🚨
Can reminder emails compel Americans to save? We ran a 2 million person megastudy with a large US bank to find out. Our results published today in @pnasnexus.org suggest that the answer is: yes, probably, a little. 🧵
👀 the paper: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Behavior Change for Good Initiative @bcfginitiative.bsky.social · 9d

‼️Event Alert‼️ Join @angeladuckworth.bsky.social & @katymilkman.bsky.social for a conversation with Nobel Prize winning economist @rthaler.bsky.social and Professor @aleximas.bsky.social about their new book, The Winner’s Curse.

📅 Thurs, Oct 23 | 4-5PM
📍 Huntsman Hall G06
📩RSVP: bit.ly/4nbI9EG

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 13d

If you’re confused about why studies of the effects of Tylenol in pregnancy have disputed implications, you may want to better understand selection bias. This q&a (which doesn’t cover tylenol) could help! katymilkman.substack.com/p/what-is-se...

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 15d

🥑 BIG (HEALTHY!) NEWS 🍎 My research team has partnered with @cnn.com to help you boost your wellness IQ. What is it? We built a 30 day challenge featuring 1 minute daily quizzes to teach you important, but often unfamiliar facts about how to live a healthier life.
Sign up at: HealthDailyQuiz.org

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 18d

Want to learn about a cool new paper I co-authored with @erikakirgios.bsky.social and other academic superstars? Our science shows that the way I’ve teased you in this post is going to boost your attention! Learn more 👇🏻

Erika Kirgios @erikakirgios.bsky.social · 18d

What happens if you *ask* instead of *tell*? Turns out, teasing people with a question before sharing a fact can shape whether people engage with critical health information. Read our new paper in Management Science to learn more: pubsonline.informs.org/doi/full/10....

Does Q&A Boost Engagement? Health Messaging Experiments in the United States and Ghana | Management Science

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 19d

Join us on October 4th at 2 pm at 59E59 Theaters in NYC for a special showing of THIS MUCH I KNOW with a post-performance conversation. Tickets are available here: www.59e59.org/shows/show-d...

This Much I Know

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 19d

I'm incredibly excited to join Hayley Finn (who is Theater J’s Artistic Director and the Director of this show) onstage to discuss how behavioral science has woven its way into the plot of THIS MUCH I KNOW (as well as any other questions thrown at us about my field).

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 19d

The play is called THIS MUCH I KNOW. It's about a psychology professor's search for his missing wife, which launches a time-hopping fugue. The Guardian gave this staging ⭐⭐⭐⭐ and called it "An invigorating theatrical brainteaser."

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 19d

🔥BIG NEWS🔥 I'm making my off-Broadway debut on 10/4! Never fear: I'm *not* acting. Instead, I'm doing a post-show Q&A w/ the director of a new play inspired by Danny Kahneman's book THINKING, FAST AND SLOW. The play was written by the Tony Award-winning Jonathan Spector 🧵

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

To see the data and learn more about all of these topics, check out the book. It’s truly fantastic! My favorite read of the year so far: a.co/d/8pXixpm

After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People: Spears, Dean, Geruso, Michael: 9781668057339: Amazon.com: Books

Buy After the Spike: Population, Progress, and the Case for People on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

But doesn’t worrying about this problem mean I’ll have to support a return to traditional gender roles and restriction of women’s autonomy and access to birth control? Absolutely not and this book strongly advocates against such policies!

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

But won’t population decline be good for the environment? Nope. If we all stopped procreating for the next 20 years it would only reduce carbon emissions 14%! Not nearly enough to avert catastrophic climate change. Our environmental problems need tech solutions (see prior point)!

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

Who cares? Mike convincingly made the case for people. We’re better off with more innovators, more demand for services & more people with unique tastes. It’s the spike in population over the last several hundred years that has brought giant improvements in quality of life & tech.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

Why are fertility rates falling everywhere in the world (including sub-Saharan Africa where fertility rates remain the highest)? The data is unclear. What is clear is that there are no outliers and no known policy solutions.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

Mike made the case with compelling data that while the human population has been growing for essentially all of our history as a species, we are on track for a massive global population collapse unless some enormous shift arises in trends, the likes of which we’ve never seen.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing @mikegeruso.bsky.social at a Zoom event about his phenomenal book, AFTER THE SPIKE: POPULATION, PROGRESS, AND THE CASE FOR PEOPLE (a.co/d/if8wE7u). This is a thread on my key takeaways from the conversation 🧵

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 20d

This is happening tonight at 8 pm ET!

Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 25d

I’m hosting a Zoom chat with @mikegeruso.bsky.social ‬⁩on Wednesday, 9/17 from 8-9 PM ET about his fantastic new book AFTER THE SPIKE. I hope you’ll join us! Register at www.bit.ly/GerusoFANWebinar for this FAN‬⁩ event.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 25d

I’m hosting a Zoom chat with @mikegeruso.bsky.social ‬⁩on Wednesday, 9/17 from 8-9 PM ET about his fantastic new book AFTER THE SPIKE. I hope you’ll join us! Register at www.bit.ly/GerusoFANWebinar for this FAN‬⁩ event.

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 28d

Join us on 9/10!

Behavior Change for Good Initiative @bcfginitiative.bsky.social · 28d

Reminder: BCFG is co-hosting a conversation between @katymilkman.bsky.social & Team Scientist Emily Falk on her new book. @falklab.bsky.social

📅 TOMORROW, Sept 10 | 4–5:30PM
📍 The Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center

Co-hosted with @appc.upenn.edu, @asc.upenn.edu, @pennmindcore.bsky.social

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Katy Milkman @katymilkman.bsky.social · 29d

This is quite a promise from Uber!

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