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The appeal of picking the first option

Jul 11, 2012
We live in a world full of options: 50 different kinds of cereal, hundreds of iPhone apps. But a new study has found that people consistently choose the options that are thrown at us first.

Red means you're fired

Oct 11, 2010
This final note today. Getting fired is bad enough, but finding out from a traffic light? File this one under Human Relations horror stories:...