Category: Behavior

  • Micropost: I’m featured in a Forbes piece

    I’m pleased to report that I’m featured in a new Forbes piece called, “50-Year Future Of The Office: What Will Workspaces Be Like In The Year 2069?” by Nigel Davies. Please take a look!

  • Brad’s Smartphone Daydream: Multiple Modes

    I’m distractible. Easily. My iPhone is the worst (but far from the only*) temptation to wander away from what I should be thinking about.  In today’s New York Times, reporter Conor Dougherty explains how he lobotomized his phone—removing all social media, games, even the browser—in order to stay focused. I periodically do something similar, removing…

  • Am I B.L.U.E.? (Bored, Lonely, Uncomfortable…Ever)

    One reason there’s an obesity epidemic is that humans evolved in a world of caloric scarcity: getting enough food wasn’t easy for most of the population for most of human history. It still isn’t easy for many, many food-insecure people. However, the people who are food secure find themselves in an evolutionary conundrum: our instincts tell…