Tim Harford at the RSA

I headed to the Royal Society for the encouragement of the Arts yesterday to hear Tim Harford speak on The Logic of Life. Tim’s talks in London are invariable a sell out and last night was no exception. His recent globetrotting book tour has afforded the opportunity to flesh out some of the key themes in his book and we were treated to a very entertaining and thought provoking talk.

Common mistakes in daily decisions

The Old Theatre at the LSE was completely packed last evening for an entertaining and riveting lecture from Dan Ariely, the author of ”Predictable Irrationality”. Dan Ariely has for many years used experimental methods to discover more about many of the biases apparent in our everyday behaviour. His lecture was rich in examples and encouraged us at all times to think counter-intuitively.