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Uber Shows How Not to Apply Behavioral Economics

Harvard Business Review

Uber has been using similar insights to influence drivers’ behavior. ” One such approach, according to Scheiber, compels drivers toward collecting more fares based on the insight from behavioral sciences that people are highly influenced by goals. They found the rate of death for patients undergoing surgery fell from 1.6%