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Dan Ariely

Born

in New York, The United States

April 29, 1967

Website

http://web.mit.edu/ariely/www/MIT/

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Dan Ariely (Hebrew: דן אריאלי) is the James B. Duke Professor of Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He also holds an appointment at the MIT Media Lab where he is the head of the eRationality research group. He was formerly the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Dan Ariely grew up in Israel after birth in New York. In his senior year of high school, Ariely was active in Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, an Israeli youth movement. While he was preparing a ktovet esh (fire inscription) for a traditional nighttime ceremony, the flammable materials he was mixing exploded, causing third-degree burns to over 70 percent of his body.[

Ariely recovered and went on to graduate from Tel Aviv U ...more

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Draw a Bicycle

My guess is that you feel that you know how a bicycle works. You’ve seen them all your life. You may have seen one this morning. If I asked you to rate, on a scale of one to ten, how well you understand a bicycle, you would probably say eight or nine. Basically, you would feel that you understand how bicycles look and how they work.

But, what if I asked you to take a piece of paper, and draw a bicy

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Dan Ariely’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 207,322 ratings · 12,180 reviews · 62 distinct works • Similar authors

	Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions 4.11 avg rating — 133,528 ratings — published 2008 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home 4.03 avg rating — 36,080 ratings — published 2010 — 108 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Honest Truth About Dishonesty: How We Lie to Everyone - Especially Ourselves 3.93 avg rating — 17,121 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter by Dan Ariely, Jeff Kreisler 3.78 avg rating — 5,935 ratings — published 2017 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations (TED Books) 3.70 avg rating — 5,642 ratings — published 2016 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things 3.91 avg rating — 2,680 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Irrationally yours : On Missing Socks, Pick-up Lines and Other Existential Puzzles by Dan Ariely, William Haefeli (Illustrator) 3.48 avg rating — 2,133 ratings — published 2015 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2012: A Curated Collection of the Year's Finest Notable Essays by Dan Ariely (Editor), Tim Folger (Editor) 3.95 avg rating — 791 ratings — published 2012 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste of Irrationality: Sample chapters from Predictably Irrational and Upside of Irrationality 4.18 avg rating — 693 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amazing Decisions: The Illustrated Guide to Improving Business Deals and Family Meals by Dan Ariely, Matt R. Trower (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“individuals are honest only to the extent that suits them (including their desire to please others)”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

tags: honest

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“Ownership is not limited to material things. It can also apply to points of view. Once we take ownership of an idea — whether it’s about politics or sports — what do we do? We love it perhaps more than we should. We prize it more than it is worth. And most frequently, we have trouble letting go of it because we can’t stand the idea of its loss. What are we left with then? An ideology — rigid and unyielding.”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

tags: behaviour, ideas, ownership, philosophy

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“But suppose we are nothing more than the sum of our first, naive, random behaviors. What then?”
― Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

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