David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of the UK, has revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. The 59-year-old disclosed that the discovery came after his wife, Samantha, urged him to get tested following a radio interview about prostate cancer. What started as a simple check-up evolved into a series of…
LONDON – The BBC was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after its top executive and its head of news both quit over the editing of a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump. The resignation of BBC Director-General Tim Davie and news chief Deborah Turness over accusations of bias was welcomed…
‘Nudging’ is the gentle way of pushing you towards making good choices; think of your nice parents. ‘Sludging’ is the opposite, designed to encourage you to make bad or at least suboptimal decisions; picture the car/insurance/mobile phone/real estate salesmen. They are terms in pop psychology borrowed from behavioural and cognitive sciences. Some governments such as…