New favorite TED presenter: Dan Ariely

Very interesting talks, if not exactly hot off the press. The first one especially could be useful for people working in outreach or capacity building, such as trying to extract a little more money for conservation, or getting more people on your state's organ donors list...Dan Ariely on human decision-making:

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_of_our_o...

And of interest to beleaguered atheists everywhere, the human "buggy moral code":

http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_on_our_buggy_moral_code.html