Phill Agnew

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Now, I'm a behavioral scientist, or at least I like to think like a behavioral scientist.

[laughs] I believe that psychology is an extremely powerful way to change opinions, so when I'm making my 100 small bets, I lean on psychology.

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You're listening to Nudge with me, Phil Agnew, and my guest, the brilliant Harvard professor, Leslie John.

Now, I'd like to share a secret with you, something that you might not know about me.

Here's the secret.

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Hello, you're listening to Nudge with me, Phil Agnew, and my guest, the author of the fantastic book, The Score.

I am C.T. Nguyen.

I am an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Utah, and I am told that I work on weird crap that doesn't fit nicely into the standard philosophy categories.

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You're listening to Nudge with me, Phil Agnew, and the philosopher C.T. Nguyen.

So far, T has shared how the metrics that are meant to measure the things we care about end up replacing them.

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Now, do you have a, a lucky charm or a superstition? My favorite superstition from a sports star was, uh, the old England striker, Gary Lineker.

He-- his superstition was that he never took a shot during the pre-match warm-up as he wanted to save all his goals for the match.