New Delhi, April 16 -- "Why have so many intelligent people, who had access to quality information to make the right decisions, made horrific mistakes?" I posed this question in an article for Mint just after the 2008 financial crisis. Over the past nine years, through my Behaviour By Brain column, I've continued to explore the mysterious forces behind human behaviour.

Why do 10-12 people in Mumbai get hit by a train every single day? At the peak of the covid pandemic, the big question was how do we motivate every citizen to take both doses of the vaccine? And now, with artificial intelligence (AI) advancing at a breakneck pace, the crucial question is: How do we ensure AI remains human-centric so that it is used for the greater good of ...