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Accepting trial and error means accepting error. It means taking problems in our stride when a decision doesn't work out, whether through luck or misjudgment. And that is not something human brains seem to be able to do without a struggle.
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We should not try to design a better world. We should make better feedback loops.
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There is much more to life than what gets measured in accounts. Even economists know that.
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The more grotesque your boss's pay and the less he has do to earn it, the bigger the motivation for you to work with the aim of being promoted to what he has.
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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
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September 27, 1973
(age 51)
Bio:
Tim Harford is an English economist and journalist who lives in London.
Known for:
The Undercover Economist (2005)
The Logic of Life (2008)
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