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Don’t assume you know why people behave the way they do; look at the evidence, find the pattern, and then investigate what explains it.
1. Conventional wisdom is what we generally think or believe about how people behave.
2. Freakonomics turns that around by asking, “What does the evidence actually show?”
From pattern in data->why pattern exist? ; what’s the incentives, constraints, etc.?
— Aug 23, 2026 08:13AM
1. Conventional wisdom is what we generally think or believe about how people behave.
2. Freakonomics turns that around by asking, “What does the evidence actually show?”
From pattern in data->why pattern exist? ; what’s the incentives, constraints, etc.?
Miza
is on page 38 of 268
Incentives: something that give a motivation or reason for people to do something.
People’s behaviour change when incentives change.
— Aug 15, 2026 06:23AM
People’s behaviour change when incentives change.