You might think of consumption as a fairly passive activity, but buying new products and services is actually pretty risky, at least if you value your time and money.
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Academics, who work for long periods in a self-directed fashion, may be especially prone to putting things off: surveys suggest that the vast majority of college students procrastinate, and articles in the literature of procrastination often allude to the author's own problems with finishing the piece.
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| Birth: | 30th April, 1967 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist |
About
James Michael Surowiecki was born in Meriden, Connecticut, USA. He is an American journalist. He was a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he wrote a regular column on business and finance called "The Financial Page". He studied at Southwestern Educational Society, Choate Rosemary Hall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Yale University. He is married to Slate culture editor Meghan O'Rourke. His writing has appeared in a wide range of publications, including The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Motley Fool, Foreign Affairs, Artforum, Wired, and Slate. Before joining The New Yorker, he wrote “The Bottom Line” column for New York magazine and was a contributing editor at Fortune. He is the author of book, entitled The Wisdom of Crowds.
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