Human Behaviour - Abhishek Chakraborty (Page 3)

Code of Hammurabi: How Disincentivising Bad Behaviour Reduces Corruption

Incentives backfire when there are no negative consequences for those who exploit them. When you align incentives in both positive and negative ways, you create a balanced system that takes care of itself.

Imposter Syndrome: What Made Maya Angelou Feel Like a Fraud

Do you feel like a ‘fraud’? Do you feel that you would be exposed soon? Do you feel that you simply inherited your qualities and accomplishments, and got everything easy by just being lucky —that you might not really deserve the success you enjoy right now?

Thinking, Fast and Slow: How Our Brain Makes Decisions

Thinking, Fast and Slow is a brilliant model that explains the machinery of thought. It helps you understand why people make irrational decisions, and why often your gut feelings and intuitions are wrong.