This is straight out of the Nintendo Playbook. I think that if they could promote this in a way where baby boomers view this as another part of the wellness movement and not as a sign of old age this might just work!
It Seems that a good way to increase the web search market share [...]
This is for Great Teacher Chuck!
China incentive of the day
from Marginal Revolution by Tyler Cowen
A handsome teacher in China is offering pupils autographed photos of himself to encourage them to work harder.
Ji Feng, also vice principal of Zhiyuan Foreign Language Elementary School, is so popular among students that a lot of them were asking him [...]
from Seth here:
All I know for sure is that it gives me a headache. I think there’s a huge opportunity for a trusted media source that takes on spin from all quarters and throws it back in the face of the spinner. Show them video of themselves from last week and ask them to respond. [...]
Hmm, I think that maybe we can do something like this, accumulate lots of data to help people minimize visits to the doctors and the lab test. Need to study this further.
Thanks To Brad Delong , from here:
Clinical and Actuarial Judgment
Cosma Shalizi on how we are not as smart as the simple linear models our [...]
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