It is my belief that, for anyone working in or around the healthcare industry, we possess a sense of inherent humanity within us. To cure sometimes, to relieve often, to comfort always.

The NFLPA’s “Player Team Report Cards” went all out and put those unabashed scores of clubs front and center on their homepage. Impressive.

Jerseys serve as explicit bonds between fans and their clubs, symbolizing both the team and its players. From a business perspective, they are products shaped by the team’s image and the strategic maneuvers of their advertising team in collaboration with sponsors and in competition with other teams.

The school admissions talk continues! This time, (rarely but yeah) some complement to my home university.

The crux of information design emerges from the interplay between conflicting interests and information asymmetry. It’s reminiscent of Braess’s paradox.

The beauty of retail therapy is its irrationality. And I doubt any economists would dare to use real, enthusiastic shoppers as subjects.

Too often, economists take their non-trivial math for granted. Not their fault though…

One can optimize and change his or her traits accordingly. And, in certain social context there’s often an optimal point along the axis.

"You go talk to your friends talk to my friends talk to me" - but the doctor’s version

So I took a Sunday afternoon, sat down at Peet’s Coffee and got the job done… It’s a heuristic, and heuristics are meant to be developed in a magical afternoon.