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Our moral thinking is much more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth.
Jonathan Haidt • The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
Exhibit B: Shared intentionality generates moral matrices. The Rubicon crossing that let our ancestors function so well in their groups was the emergence of the uniquely human ability to share intentions and other mental representations. This ability enabled early humans to collaborate, divide labor, and develop shared norms for judging each other’
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social norm greatly influences our decisions and behavior, often more so than personal gains or even moral standards.
Yu-kai Chou • Actionable Gamification: Beyond Points, Badges, and Leaderboards
if your outcome behavior is not the result of any of the motivations of the population, it is unethical.
Matt Wallaert • Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change
social motivation (positive or negative).
Stephen Wendel • Designing for Behavior Change: Applying Psychology and Behavioral Economics
the moments when the network logic takes over-in the mob or the swarm, in contagion or infection-are the moments that are the most disorienting, the most…
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Alexander R. Galloway • The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Electronic Mediations)
So far in this book I’ve painted a portrait of human nature that is somewhat cynical. I’ve argued that Glaucon was right and that we care more about looking good than about truly being good.2 Intuitions come first, strategic reasoning second. We lie, cheat, and cut ethical corners quite often when we think we can get away with it, and then we use o
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