Comments on: What would it take to get you to take the stairs more? How about music and a view? http://nudges.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-take-the-stairs-more-often-how-about-music-and-a-view/ From Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein's "Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness" Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:52:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jasmine Kwong http://nudges.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-take-the-stairs-more-often-how-about-music-and-a-view/#comment-6643 Jasmine Kwong Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:36:02 +0000 http://nudges.wordpress.com/?p=2700#comment-6643 I'm also on the 3rd floor of Booth (hello, Jeff!) and second how often I take those stairs because it links me to all the places I usually have to go: the Lab on the lower level, the cafeteria and mail room on the first floor, HR, Accounting, and Computing Services on the second floor, and my office on the third. Placing the elevators next to the stairs could be a good idea though, for those occasions you intend to take the elevator but see the nudge of the staircase :) I wonder what would happen if the staircase-use/weight info was posted in the elevators... I’m also on the 3rd floor of Booth (hello, Jeff!) and second how often I take those stairs because it links me to all the places I usually have to go: the Lab on the lower level, the cafeteria and mail room on the first floor, HR, Accounting, and Computing Services on the second floor, and my office on the third.

Placing the elevators next to the stairs could be a good idea though, for those occasions you intend to take the elevator but see the nudge of the staircase :)

I wonder what would happen if the staircase-use/weight info was posted in the elevators…

]]> By: Monica http://nudges.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-take-the-stairs-more-often-how-about-music-and-a-view/#comment-6460 Monica Wed, 29 Jul 2009 08:04:40 +0000 http://nudges.wordpress.com/?p=2700#comment-6460 “A small 2.8 percent increase in stair use would cut 300 grams of weight from a typical person, they say”... I think they mean a 2.8 percent decrease in elevator use. Think about it: what is 2.8 percent of zero? Also highly dependent on if you actually use elevators in your daily life. Another option would to make the elevators crappier. A couple scary breakdowns and everybody would be taking the stairs. I lived in a building like that once :) “A small 2.8 percent increase in stair use would cut 300 grams of weight from a typical person, they say”… I think they mean a 2.8 percent decrease in elevator use. Think about it: what is 2.8 percent of zero? Also highly dependent on if you actually use elevators in your daily life.

Another option would to make the elevators crappier. A couple scary breakdowns and everybody would be taking the stairs. I lived in a building like that once :)

]]> By: Jeff http://nudges.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-take-the-stairs-more-often-how-about-music-and-a-view/#comment-6095 Jeff Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:52:52 +0000 http://nudges.wordpress.com/?p=2700#comment-6095 As someone currently seated on the third floor of Booth, I appreciated this post! However, I feel that other aspects of Booth demonstrate other places where nudges could be implemented. First, the placement of stairs immediately adjacent to elevators seems to be a bad idea, especially if the elevators are slightly more convenient to get to. On the third floor, I have definitely seen many people walk up to the areas with stairs right next to the elevators, get lazy, and elect the elevator. In addition to the entrances thing that you mention, it might also be useful to make the most convenient transportation route to the major gathering centers (e.g. the cafeteria) be stair dominated. As someone currently seated on the third floor of Booth, I appreciated this post! However, I feel that other aspects of Booth demonstrate other places where nudges could be implemented. First, the placement of stairs immediately adjacent to elevators seems to be a bad idea, especially if the elevators are slightly more convenient to get to. On the third floor, I have definitely seen many people walk up to the areas with stairs right next to the elevators, get lazy, and elect the elevator. In addition to the entrances thing that you mention, it might also be useful to make the most convenient transportation route to the major gathering centers (e.g. the cafeteria) be stair dominated.

]]> By: SB http://nudges.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/what-would-it-take-to-get-you-to-take-the-stairs-more-often-how-about-music-and-a-view/#comment-6094 SB Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:46:51 +0000 http://nudges.wordpress.com/?p=2700#comment-6094 "A small 2.8 percent increase in stair use would cut 300 grams of weight from a typical person, they say" Increased activity leads to increased appetite. Why have people forgotten the phrase "work up an appetite"? “A small 2.8 percent increase in stair use would cut 300 grams of weight from a typical person, they say”

Increased activity leads to increased appetite. Why have people forgotten the phrase “work up an appetite”?

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