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Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« on: July 30, 2013, 12:31:44 PM »
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/30/govt-knows-best-white-house-creates-nudge-squad-to-shape-behavior/

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The document was emailed by Maya Shankar, a White House senior adviser on social and behavioral sciences, to a university professor with the request that it be distributed to people interested in joining the team. The idea is that the team would "experiment" with various techniques, with the goal of tweaking behavior so people do everything from saving more for retirement to saving more in energy costs.

So we now get to deal with increased mind games from the .gov
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2013, 12:48:47 PM »
This reminds me .... need to reset my thermostat to save $$$   [tinfoil]
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2013, 12:59:01 PM »
Quote from: adively on July 30, 2013, 12:31:44 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/30/govt-knows-best-white-house-creates-nudge-squad-to-shape-behavior/

So we now get to deal with increased mind games from the .gov


I am pretty sure that Madison Avenue and Corporate America marketing departments can school the government on this.
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2013, 01:26:57 PM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on July 30, 2013, 12:48:47 PM
This reminds me .... need to reset my thermostat to save $$$   [tinfoil]
And I need to buy more Savings Bonds this week . . .
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2013, 01:40:38 PM »
I'm too old and stubborn to be at risk but I worry about everybody else.
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2013, 01:54:40 PM »
I think they forget the essential element of being American. The more you get told to do something, the more likely you are to do the opposite. Good luck!

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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2013, 06:32:53 PM »
Saving more for retirement so the feral.gov can raid your accounts ?  ;/

I know how to save energy: sleep in  :lol:
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2013, 06:40:25 PM »
I think I read this in a book............   1984.. NAH, he was a nut. None of this is really happening. [tinfoil]
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2013, 10:40:42 PM »
Heinlein used that kind of stuff in his tales.
Semantics, emotionaly charged words and phrases, planted stories with subtle slants.
Average Joe and Jane ain't too bright. Doesn't take too much to push "the public" in the right  desired direction.
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2013, 10:48:11 PM »
I just finished reading a very influential book by the title of "Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow".

The author won a noble prize in economics for his work that is summarized in the book.

Government using the insights him and his partner revealed was mentioned in the book. As a matter of fact governments have been using " social science" to manipulate us for a very long time.

The book was a bit of a slog to get through, yet was terribly interesting.
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Re: Federal .Gov Hiring Behavioral Insights Teams
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2013, 07:22:19 AM »
Quote from: Gowen on July 30, 2013, 06:40:25 PM
I think I read this in a book............   1984.. NAH, he was a nut. None of this is really happening. [tinfoil]

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