Gharad Bryan, Dean Karlan and Scott Nelson of Yale University explored the notion of the ‘committment device’ saying: “Broadly, a commitment device is an arrangement entered into by an individual with the aim of helping fulfill a plan for future behavior that would otherwise be difficult due to intra-personal conflict.” American  journalist Stephen Dubner and economist  Steven Levitt of […]

With this post, I’m launching a new feature for Explore! readers.  It’s cleverly called “The Blog.”  In The Blog,  I’ll be discussing a wide variety of topics associated with health, wellness and the outdoors.  The posts will usually be short – I’ll need to fight my tendency for verbosity – and philosophical.  They may be topical, but […]