最近獲邀幫 Elsevier 審論文，本文蒐集重點筆記供大家參考。

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Wework 市值曾是 Tesla 數倍的超級公司，它驚人的成功經驗，到最後創始人被踢出公司的故事，讓 Apple TV 為它拍了一整季的記錄片（WeCrashed）。十集的內容完全沒讓我失望！

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Narrative context matters, e.g., Smoking while praying VS Praying while smoking. The former context is on the site where people pray, and the latter context is on the site where people smoke.

The role of a teacher has evolved several times these days, including leader, lecturer, instructor, logistician, consultant, host, inspirer, master, and manager. These are all necessary roles at the scene of education from the perspective of Darwinism.

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In the field of Behavior Modification or Motivation, there hasn’t been any studies discussing this “Lubrication” topic as far as I know. The phenomenon, however, is very common in our daily life. Take drink water for example. When the water is available beside the working position, people tend to drink more and thus become healthier (sbd help locate the ref for me). From the perspective of psychology, it is called a cue. But from my point of view, as a fan of Behavioral Economics, I would say it is because the cost reduction of the target behavior lubricates the decision making process inside our brain.

As a professional habit formation researcher, I can tell you both the idea of cue and of the cost reduction theories hold true, since neural scientists have evidenced our brain operates with a parallel system consisting of reflective and conscious network.

Asia Language education in 2020 is still in a mire, all the more so when everything seems to be much more efficient through technology. The major problem is that teachers keep busy lecturing at the blackboard, while students listen altogether to the same things in the classroom. Individuals are treated as a group, rather than as a single person.

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Interview 和 survey 是常見的研究方法，然而您有看過 Focus Group 怎麼玩嗎？影片程現三幕經典的操作與應用，筆者受惠頗多，特別截錄出來。

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