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Most of us are not, in the parlance of economic theory, “rational utility maximisers” but, in the words of Herbert Simon, are “satisficers”, opting for what is good and easy enough, rather than becoming confused to the point of inertia in front of huge choices of goods in the shops. Tesco, the very large British …
Researchers at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education have spent more than a year studying how well students across the country evaluate online sources of information. Middle school, high school and college students in 12 states were asked to evaluate the information presented in tweets, comments and articles. More than 7,800 student responses were collected. In …
This is a quotation that is over a year old, but worth reading because it paints a true picture of our lives: “According to a recent, much-commented-on article in The New York Times, ‘Amazon employees are expected to put in crushing hours, answer emails at midnight and devote weekends, holidays and vacations to company projects’. …
One in 20 European patients catch an infection while in hospital. The first study of infections acquired in hospitals in Europe has estimated that 2.5 million people caught one between 2011 and 2012 – that’s one in every 20 patients. “The most common were urinary tract infections, surgical site infections and pneumonia, each accounting for …
When Hillary first declared her Presidential candidacy I said that I wanted to vote for policies, not gender, and if Hillary was going to run on the platform of the “first woman President” then she would not succeed. Actually, she didn’t run on this platform, but others sent out that message all the same. In …
