Dan Ariely

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Dan Ariely is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He also holds an appointment at the MIT Media Lab where he is the head of the eRationality research group. He was formerly the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Dan Ariely grew up in Israel after birth in New York. He served in the Israeli army and when 18 suffered third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body from an accidental magnesium flare explosion during training.

Ariely recovered and went on to graduate from Tel Aviv University and received a Ph.D. and M.A. in cognitive psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in business from Duke University. His r...more

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Ask Ariely: On Sealed Bids, Netflix, and Laughing at Your Own Jokes

Here’s my Q&A column from the WSJ this week—and if you have any questions for me, you cantweet them to@danarielywith the hashtag #askariely,post a comment on myAsk Ariely Facebook page, oremail them toAskAriely@wsj.com.

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My parents are about to put their house on the market in Scotland, where there’s a system of setting an askin...

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Dan Ariely's Books

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	Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 21,815 ratings — published 2008 — 48 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 5,625 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 1,913 ratings — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2012 by Dan Ariely (Editor), Tim Folger (Editor) 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Irrationality 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dan Ariely's Irrational Bundle 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wine online: search costs and competition on price, quality, and distribution 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Irrational Bundle: Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty 4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	เหตุผลที่ไม่ควรมีเหตุผล by Dan Ariely, พรเลิศ อิฐฐ์ (Translator), วิโรจน์ ภัทรทีปกร (Translator) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change by Jennifer Aaker, Andy Smith (Goodreads Author), Dan Ariely (Afterword) 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“But suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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“To summarize, using money to motivate people can be a double-edged sword. For tasks that require cognitive ability, low to moderate performance-based incentives can help. But when the incentive level is very high, it can command too much attention and thereby distract the person’s mind with thoughts about the reward. This can create stress and ultimately reduce the level of performance.”
― Dan Ariely, The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

tags: economics, human, human-behavior, mind, motivation, wok

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“We all want explanations for why we behave as we do and for the ways the world around us functions. Even when our feeble explanations have little to do with reality. We’re storytelling creatures by nature, and we tell ourselves story after story until we come up with an explanation that we like and that sounds reasonable enough to believe. And when the story portrays us in a more glowing and positive light, so much the better.”
― Dan Ariely, The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone--Especially Ourselves

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