The Right Way to Fight Fake News
Social media platforms need to make sure their anti-misinformation strategies are empirically grounded.
Social media platforms need to make sure their anti-misinformation strategies are empirically grounded.
If warm glow is built to promote our reputation, then it should be triggered when we give.
How can we increase contributions to public goods—to get donors to give more to charity, citizens to vote, households to consume less energy, drivers to carpool, and patients to take all of their antibiotics? One of the best ways is to make contributions more observable.
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Perception of peer rank, or how we perform relative to our peers, can be a powerful motivator.
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Social norms messaging campaigns are increasingly used to influence human behavior, with social science research generally finding that they have modest but meaningful effects.
Those who cashed out are left with an expensive lesson
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In a new book about the history of Kendall Square from the MIT Press, author Robert Buderi chronicles the area's biggest successes in innovation.
MIT Sloan students visited startups in Ghana and Kenya to learn from founders.
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The success stories of Swvl, Andela, BRCK, Sanergy, and countless others underscore the profound impact of effective communication. They remind us that a strong brand can propel a startup from obscurity to iconic status. They show us that storytelling forges connections that transcend borders and to...
For decades, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have variably impacted people, enterprises, and societies and have demonstrated the potential to become a game changer.