Tag: #Tomorrow13
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#tomorrow13: The missing demographic; the outsiders left further out
From the first couple hours I spent at the Israeli Presidential Conference on Wednesday, throughout the end of my attendance today, I had a nagging thought I couldn’t shake. Someone was missing. I had the same thought last year, when it was awkwardly clear there were barely any women speaking (though the ones who did…
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#tomorrow13: Dan Ariely on online dating & the ideal BMI to snag a man
What is it about online dating makes us roll our eyes? The lying? The misunderstanding? The misleading profile pics? At a panel at the Israel Presidential Conference today, Professor Dan Ariely, famed and beloved behavioral economics expert, presented what he’s found are the major issues with the online dating platform, and how it could be…
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#tomorrow13: Guessing at tomorrow – health, terrorism, climate, economy, politics, and of course, Yair Lapid
By far the most engaging panel of the day: Will Tomorrow Be Better? Some great sound bytes in here, and not just because the panel was moderated by Channel One’s Oren Nahari and joined by former newsman Yair Lapid. Note: Some of these excerpts are transcription, some shortened for readability. Israel’s economy: Finance Minister Yair Lapid When…
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#tomorrow13: Behavioral economist Dan Ariely says we’re good, dishonest people
Waiting on line to enter a session, I became totally consumed in fascination over the behavior of some of the other people in line. Of course I use the term line loosely. People queued up early, creating a mob scene within five minutes. I couldn’t help but focus on a particular woman at the absolute front, pushing at…
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#tomorrow13: Bill Clinton on Israel, peace, and how to change Us vs Them
Another year, President Shimon Peres turns 90, and we join together for the fifth Israeli Presidential Conference. I know there’s quite a bit of criticism and controversy when it comes to the event. It comes from a good place but there are also good questions to ask about who isn’t present and what isn’t said. But…