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Some of my first lessons in business and economics came from subsistence fishermen and farmers in different places of the world. One such teacher was an Alutiiq elder in Alaska. Chenega Bay is on an island in Prince William Sound. You land on a narrow strip of dirt and the

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a great bit where he highlights our human tendency toward what behavioral economists called "present bias": our preference for short-term gratification. On The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, Seinfeld explains how this present bias works: "Night Guy" can mess with "Morning

Image above is a photo of an "altered book" that was my daughter's art project during her recovery. You "alter" an old book by making each page a separate collage or painting. This article was originally published in 2021, during the global pandemic. The

Like many insights, this one started with a crisis, this one of my own making. This crisis was built from bad advice for students I have trafficked in for years, convenient half-truths passed on for my convenience than for their edification. Here's what I mean: Student A says:

I love to cook. In fact, I am THE cook in the house. If you too are the cook, you know the pressure to deliver timely, tasty nutrition. There is nothing like a great frying pan that cooks evenly, has a sturdy handle and is non-stick. On many nights, a

After reading Walter Isaacson's excellent biography of Steve Jobs.  As someone interested in entrepreneurship, I was amazed by the brash, bold vision of Jobs, Wozniak, Ives, Schiller and the many others behind Apple's revolutionary products. There is a certain intellectual and emotional rush one experiences with

Our brains aren't ready for this.  Our top-shelf brains aren't good at long-term emergencies. Distant effects of our actions especially those that don't match our identity and world-view, are easily dismissed. Per Espen Stoknes, a psychologist with a PhD in economics, chairs the Center