An incentive is a bullet, a key: an often tiny object with astonishing power to change a situation
Steven LevittThe gulf between the information we proclaim & the information we know to be true is vast. In other words: we say one thing & do another.
Steven LevittData, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories.
Steven LevittThe key to learning is feedback. It is nearly impossible to learn anything without it.
Steven LevittMany of life's decisions are hard. What kind of career should you pursue? Does your ailing mother need to be put in a nursing home? You and your spouse already have two kids; should you have a third?such decisions are hard for a number of reasons. For one the stakes are high. There's also a great deal of uncertainty involved. Above all, decisions like these are rare, which means you don't get much practice making them. You've probably gotten good at buying groceries, since you do it so often, but buying your first house is another thing entirely.
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