How has being #deaf in Switzerland changed over the years? Not as much as deaf people would like. As the Covid-19 crisis shows, many challenges remain. s.swissin.fo/fWyHkOP

I wrote about this in The Telegraph in April. I am not open to attempts to shut down academic debate and empirical investigation on the grounds that the right response to the pandemic has already been established. telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/04/2…

Lovely study from Chapman which shows anchoring - even when taken to ridiculous extremes - has an affect on people’s judgements. In the excellent Priceless by ⁦William Poundstone⁩

Investment banks pay women just 56% of what male colleagues earn buff.ly/3j6n8fR The London Economic on Centre for Economic Performance @GraceLordan_

There's a widespread misconception that suggests people should stop having children to conserve the planet's resources. But a growing population does not strain the world's resources. Read more: humanprogress.org/the-simon-abun…

Watch as @TheBlindPoetRP, Rachel Gadsden, and @Baluji1 bring poetry, paint, and music together to highlight the shared experiences of people living with vision loss through a synchronised performance: bit.ly/2X7oM93 #ChangeInSight #TransformingLives #VisualImpairment

⚡️"One analysis found that if California had dedicated the amount of money it’s spent on wind and solar since 2001 to nuclear instead, it could have generated 100% of the state’s electricity carbon-free." From Kite & Key Media: youtu.be/47UQ4lPn7Zk

The policy discussion of restrictions must properly consider costs as well as benefits. Yet even with many of the harms now staring us in the face, we appear to be no closer to doing so. We cannot keep making the same mistakes... pauldolan.co.uk/articles/prof-…

The Welleye framework, by Kate Laffan, Laura Kudrna and me, is a new way of measuring wellbeing which accounts for how the same stimulus – money, access to healthcare, food, jobs – can make us feel different depending on the attention allocated to it. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessreview…

“Asynchronous work allows people to save commuting time, get admin tasks done during low productivity hours, fit in more exercise and save money having home-cooked meals,” - Laura M. Giurge spoke to BBC Worklife about non-linear workdays. bbc.com/worklife/artic…

The International Behavioural Public Policy Association (IBPPA) is the professional association for those working in BPP. Membership £20pa (or equiv). Lots of benefits, including discounts to the Annual Conference: cambridge.org/core/membershi… + access to: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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