A recent study has looked at two different ways of convincing people to pitch in to help wider society.
Imagine there’s a drought in your town, and the local authority need you to conserve water.
The authority could offer you a financial incentive to use less water. Or, they could tell your neighbours how much water you used last month.
It is thought this latter tactic is more effective. Why? Because we love to look good. If the local authority …
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…Dating.
I’m not saying dating is hard. After enough trial and error, most of us get the hang of it. I just …
Read MoreIt was my first year of law school, and I was single. I wanted to be married, but it didn’t matter. I was spending 12 hours a day in class or in the library, so there wasn’t any real chance of my getting to know anyone.
One night I was sitting alone in my studio apartment when I felt the sense that I needed to pray for my future spouse. I prayed that if she wasn’t following God’s will for …
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