Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

lemonjelly

vivatifosi wrote: »

Thanks maggie, interesting article. Interesting that it mentions Nudge. I found that a very interesting book, though only managed the first couple of chapters before it had to be sent back for a reservation (one of the downsides of library books).

It is interesting that they've used organ donation as it shows the differences within behavioural economics.

The papers cited by Ariely show that if you have an opt out system for organ donation that take up rates are much higher than for opt in. Partially this is because 'do nothing' is the default option. It is also because people who opt out have to struggle with being totally heartless (no pun intended).

The experiment cited in the paper relates to opt in. Having read (a bit of) Nudge, this is very much Nudge territory. However if Britain really wanted to they could switch to an opt out system and get the numbers up overnight.

It is interesting that the backlash has started against behavioural economics, but surely it is just another tool in the toolkit. If there are economics problems that have been bashed out time after time after time using conventional tools and that have not been answered, then clearly they need to be analysed under a different lens.

Sums up everything I thought too!

lemonjelly

lostinrates wrote: »

i know you have had lots of replies on this but i just wanted to say that a few years a go i was walking a friends EIGHT dogs with my then three while she had chemo (this is when dog dog learned to point). the first couple of weeks friend was off work she walked with me and kept saying she felt like such a fraud and because she wasn't working she actually felt well rested and like a bit of a slightly boring and stressful holiday and she enjoyed our daily walked and got frustrated with my slowness. by third week she looked a bit tired and was walking at more my pace. but said, she still felt really like it was very easy for her compared to what else she was seeing hearing and reading. then i started collecting leads from her at the door and saying, look, just stay home, rest, its what you are off work for, then gradually i started letting myself in, getting leads, yelling i was there and taking dogs, then.....eventually, stopped yelling up, i'd just take dogs.
cumulative really is it

no excuse not to cook at the barbeque i think;)

scars or no scars, the nice girls seem to dig you gen. seems like the chaps aren't so far behind.:D

My friend was "fortunate" to just require radiotherapy, not chemo (I strongly suspect that had chemo been required, then they wouldn't have gone ahead with treatment, but that's another story). Similarly, they snuck off to their treatment initially (I wanted to go for support). No problems at first. 3 days on, 4 days off. Cumulative is the word, though they did come home after the first session saying "nothing to it!" (then in the afternoon sleeping for 12 hours). By week 6 there were days the tv wasn't even turned on as it was too much.

lemonjelly

By the way, big huge thanks to silvercar. The Alain de Botton plate for the book arrived this week.

It was lovely of SC to not only post it, but dig deeper when I initially thought I wouldn't qualify.

So, thanks SC!:kisses3:

Generali

We've got a result at Easter over here.

Good Friday is 18/4 with Easter Monday on 21/4 then ANZAC Day is on Friday 25/4.

I'm going to take 5 days vacation and be off 18/4-29/4 inclusive.

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

BTW, great to see that !!!!*al got beat 6-0 yesterday. I laughed like a drain.

(stolen from elsewhere)
As David Schneider said on twitter,

Ref, 'you're off Gibbs'

Ox, 'Ref it was me'

Ref, 'get on with the game Walcott'.

Brilliant!

lemonjelly

Generali wrote: »

We've got a result at Easter over here.

Good Friday is 18/4 with Easter Monday on 21/4 then ANZAC Day is on Friday 25/4.

I'm going to take 5 days vacation and be off 18/4-29/4 inclusive.

I get to take 3 days off & as a result have 18-28th off. Result!:j

Generali

lemonjelly wrote: »

(stolen from elsewhere)
As David Schneider said on twitter,

Ref, 'you're off Gibbs'

Ox, 'Ref it was me'

Ref, 'get on with the game Walcott'.

Brilliant!

Personally, I'd have booked O-C for dissent.

Doozergirl

lemonjelly wrote: »

Are you sure about that? Good Friday is the 18th April, & Bank Holiday Monday is the 21st April isn't it? Will DS be in school on bank holiday days?
Our students return on 28 April.

He's off 28th March - 23rd April. She's off 11th April - 29th April. This is going to be an expensive Easter Break!

Doozergirl

Smiling mini doozergirl picture

Generali

Doozergirl wrote: »

Great photo. What's all that grey stuff in the sky where the sun is meant to be?