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Journal 28 -- May 28th Post
Following my last journal post, after I quickly introduce what Behavioral Economics is as well as Systems 1 and 2, that’s when I’ll...

Alan Wang
May 28, 20201 min read
Journal 27 -- May 21st Post
Continuing with the planning from last journal, I think it would be ideal to have an introduction most similar to option a. This is...

Alan Wang
May 21, 20201 min read
Journal 26 -- May 14th Post
For this journal, I’m going to plan out how the beginning of my podcast will go for my final project. The essential question is: Using...

Alan Wang
May 14, 20201 min read
Journal 25 -- May 7th Post
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/from-our-experts/do-social-networks-increase-or-decrease-the-covid-19-contagion-rate...

Alan Wang
May 7, 20201 min read
Journal 24 -- April 30 Post
In a response to two of my previous journal posts, Mrs. Gergen linked this article: https://som.yale.edu/blog/the-behavioral-science-of-c...

Alan Wang
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Journal 23 -- April 23rd Post
First off, i just want to say that it’s extremely satisfying that my April 23rd journal happens to be my 23rd journal. So.... back to...

Alan Wang
Apr 23, 20202 min read
Journal 22 -- April Interview Findings
Dr. John Clithero got back to me! Here are the questions I asked him as well as his responses: To my knowledge, Dr. Daniel Kahneman is...

Alan Wang
Apr 22, 20203 min read
Journal 21 -- April 16th Post
For this journal, I thought I’d give some quick updates on what I plan to do for my April interview/SDA. So firstly, I’m definitely doing...

Alan Wang
Apr 18, 20202 min read
Journal Twenty--April 9th Post
So after talking with Mr. Bott in a Google Meet on Tuesday, we decided that using these weekly April journals to also conduct “thought...

Alan Wang
Apr 9, 20202 min read
Journal Nineteen--Ted Talk review
The two Ted Talks I will be analyzing in this journal are Sam Harris’s Science can answer moral questions and Kahneman’s Terry Wu’s...

Alan Wang
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Journal Eighteen -- First (late) April Journal
So I was supposed to write a journal for April 2nd, but I forgot and now it’s April 5th… Better late than never I suppose. The truth is...

Alan Wang
Apr 5, 20201 min read
Journal Seventeen -- March SDA Reflection
In this SDA, the difference to my previous ones was the approach used. Before, I didn’t branch out in other fields nearly as much as I...

Alan Wang
Mar 26, 20202 min read
Journal Sixteen -- March SDA Goal Post
Hello! Long time no see. As of right now for my March SDA, I plan on applying the research I’ve done on Behavioral Economics so far this...

Alan Wang
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Journal Fifteen -- February QFocus Post
As Mr. Bott and I discussed in a meeting on Tuesday (2/11/20), I need to come up with a new theory or claim regarding Behavioral...

Alan Wang
Feb 13, 20201 min read
Journal Fourteen -- January Midterm Reflection
After our January Midterm ended, I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my shoulders. I was stressing and preparing very hard...

Alan Wang
Jan 29, 20202 min read


Journal Thirteen -- January Midterm Visual Planning
The theory that is the main focus of my January midterm is the idea of loss aversion and the endowment effect. I think I will supplement...

Alan Wang
Jan 16, 20201 min read
Journal Twelve -- Jan. 9 Midterm Planning Post
For the past 6 months now, I’ve been slowly chipping away at Thinking, Fast and Slow and I have around 80 pages left to read. Over the...

Alan Wang
Jan 9, 20202 min read
Journal Eleven -- December SDA Reflection
1) What did I do to succeed with this task? 2) How did I overcome the challenges I faced? 3) Did I meet my own standards for a quality...

Alan Wang
Dec 18, 20192 min read
Journal Ten -- December 8th post
For this (late) Journal post, I will be posting a “Q-Focus statement” that my SDA experiment will attempt to answer, as well as some...

Alan Wang
Dec 9, 20191 min read
Journal Nine -- November Journal 3: December SDA Plan
Like I mentioned in my previous journal, I’ve decided to do an experiment on my fellow high school students for my December SDA....

Alan Wang
Nov 24, 20192 min read
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