Irrationally Yours

  • Author: Dan Ariely
  • Narrator: Simon Jones
  • Publisher: HarperCollins USA
  • Duration: 3:23:08
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Synopsis

Three-time New York Times bestselling author Dan Ariely teams up with legendary The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of his immensely popularWall Street Journal advice column, “Ask Ariely”.

Behavioral economist Dan Ariely revolutionized the way we think about ourselves, our minds, and our actions in his books Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The Honest Truth about Dishonesty. Ariely applies this scientific analysis of the human condition in his “Ask Ariely” Q & A column in the Wall Street Journal, in which he responds to readers who write in with personal conundrums ranging from the serious to the curious: 

  • What can you do to stay calm when you’re playing the volatile stock market? 
  • What’s the best way to get someone to stop smoking? 
  • How can you maximize the return on your investment at an all-you-can-eat buffet? 
  • Is it possible to put a price on the human soul? 
  • Can you ever rationally justify spending thousands of dollars on a Rolex?

In Ask Ariely, a broad variety of economic, ethical, and emotional dilemmas are explored and addressed through text and images. Using their trademark insight and wit, Ariely and Haefeli help us reflect on how we can reason our way through external and internal challenges.  Readers will laugh, learn, and most importantly gain a new perspective on how to deal with the inevitable problems that plague our daily life.

Chapters

  • 061 - On Making Smoking Feel Dangerous

    Duration: 47s
  • 062 - On Adventures As Investments

    Duration: 02min
  • 063 - On The Quality And Not The Quantity Of Irrationality

    Duration: 01min
  • 064 - On _Helping People Retire_

    Duration: 54s
  • 065 - On The Morality Of Correcting Mistakes

    Duration: 43s
  • 066 - On Who We Are, And Who We Want To Be

    Duration: 02min
  • 067 - On The Value Of Splitting Checks

    Duration: 03min
  • 068 - On Staplers And Quarters

    Duration: 01min
  • 069 - On Taking Time For Exercise

    Duration: 02min
  • 070 - On Memory

    Duration: 02min
  • 071 - On Books And Audio Books

    Duration: 02min
  • 072 - On Souls And Pascal's Wager

    Duration: 01min
  • 073 - On Showing Off The Price

    Duration: 01min
  • 074 - On Topics And Teachers

    Duration: 03min
  • 075 - On (The Lack Of0 Self Control

    Duration: 02min
  • 076 - On Three Building Blocks Of A Balancing Act

    Duration: 33s
  • 077 - On Wasting Time Deciding

    Duration: 02min
  • 078 - On Buffet Roi

    Duration: 02min
  • 079 - On Asking The Right Questions

    Duration: 02min
  • 080 - On Doughnuts And The Locus Of Free Will

    Duration: 01min
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