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        Smoking Sticks and Carrots
By dreeves
          Let’s talk about science! Beehavioral science. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last week has been all over the news. It’s much better than previous studies and statistics I’ve seen on the efficacy of commitment devices. Not because others have been down on commitment devices. On the contrary, I’ve been frustrated in the past by... »
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            Daniel Reeves is a co-founder of
            Beeminder and
            Sharad Goel is a Senior Researcher
            at
            Microsoft Research - New York City. They are both former members of the Microeconomics and Social
            Systems (MESS) Group at Yahoo! Research.
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