Influencers are not only found on social media platforms—hairdressers can play that role too.
New research suggests, in the right circumstances, they can nudge clients towards more sustainable (hair) habits:
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/could-hairdressers-be-everyday-climate-influencers-we-need
Some people object to nudges because they allegedly reduce agency.
They don’t have to. Some even promote agency, argues @casssunstein, in a (prematurely pdf-ed) paper on ethical nudging (= enhancing or preserving welfare, autonomy and dignity):

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6509238
As a student (in a distant past), I assumed all my fellow students would *obviously* be opposed to nuclear power generation.
How wrong I was.
Yet assumptions play a key role in how we perceive the world and make decisions—our invisible load-bearers:
https://open.substack.com/pub/koenfucius/p/assumptions-our-invisible-load-bearers
Research, all the way since the marshmallow test, has shown that people prefer immediate and certain rewards to delayed and uncertain ones, and are willing to make sacrifices in return.
Is it that simple?
@olegurminsky explains:
https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/podcast/how-universal-is-marshmallow-test
Een dierbare die overlijdt laat tonnen spullen na, die ons aan hen herinneren. Maar we kunnen niet alles bewaren—hoe kiezen we wat te houden? Waarom een hoed en een pet, die ons niet passen?
Mijn @apache_be stukje—De essentie van beslissen:
Some of Freud’s ideas on sex were later debunked, but some have stood the test of time, argues Sue Kolod:
What drives people to blow the whistle, report someone for an alleged crime, snitching on someone—or refrain from it while there is good cause?
Fascinating Q&A with a researcher who has studied the exposing or concealing of wrongdoing:
For a more equitable society, better “focus on policies that expand opportunities and enable the many to share in wealth creation, than fixate on slicing up the estates of the few.”
Daniel Waldenström paints a nuanced picture of inherited wealth:
https://aeon.co/essays/inherited-wealth-is-a-natural-byproduct-of-a-healthy-growing-economy
how to tell if men will attack you on the street
Aella’s heuristics look great, but IMO an even better takeaway from this post is the *thinking* that produced them—embrace that, and you can roll and refine your own to fit your circumstances:
https://aella.substack.com/p/how-to-tell-if-men-will-attack-you
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Koenfucius/116339784014304155
I inadvertently swapped the results:
•Higher in agreeableness or conscientiousness → *less* frequent fantasies
•Higher in negative emotionality → *more* frequent fantasies
Sorry!