Sept. 23 TEDxEast Salon - with Dan Ariely ('Predictably Irrational' Author)

If you're interested in behavioral economics, applied psychology, or generally just the awesomeness  of TED talks but local to NYC....Check out TEDxEast.  They used to have a yearly conference but now their focus is several smaller "salon" events, as noted below.  Save the date!
Cheers,
Katharine
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June 23, 2011

Our first guest curator...will be Dan Ariely.


For us, it is time to do things a little differently.   In that vein,  we would like to bring some fresh perspectives to TEDxEast.  To achieve this, we have decided to host 4 smaller events over the next 9 months, TEDxEast Salons, with no more than 100 attendees.  These salons will take place in September, November, January and March; before our next BIG event May 2012.  To keep things really interesting, we are inviting guest curators to plan the program for these events.  We are pleased to share that Dan Ariely has agreed to curate the first in this series of TEDxEast Salons.

This TEDxEast Salon will take place on Friday, September 23, 2011- save the date.  For these events there are no applications.  We will alert you when tickets go on sale (sometime soon) and with the small size,  encourage you to invite your friends to join us and be part of the TEDxEast community.

About Dan Ariely:
Ariely was a physics and mathematics major at Tel Aviv University. He also holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Ph.D. in business from Duke University.After obtaining his PhD degrees he taught at MIT between 1998 and 2008, before returning to Duke University as James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics. Apart from his prolific academic writing, he published two popular books, one titled Predictably Irrational, and the other titled The Upside of Irrationality, both of which became New York Times best sellers.

And here is a link to Dan talking about Dan...

Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code on TED.com