TagBehavioral Economics

Gamifying longevity

I want to stay healthy and live as long as possible. I could high score above 100 years but I could also die tomorrow or maybe even later today – thwack by a bus or some other incidental calamity. Death and Decision Making Under Uncertainty Some critical factors related to lifespan are completely out of my hands and left to chance while other factors are within my control. You can think of...

The Return of Eight Fat Swine

Back in 2006, I had this blog called Eight Fat Swine where I wrote about investor experience, the psychology of social media and other stuff. I let the URL lapse and someone squatted on it for 10 freakin’ years. A few months back, I noticed the URL was available again so I scooped it back up and here I am writing a second intro post. Here is the original intro post from November 2006...