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Karla Starr

About

Karla Starr has written for publications including The Atlantic; Slate; and Popular Science. A member of the National Association of Science Writers and the recipient of a Best Science/Health award from the Society of Professional Journalists, her first book, Can You Learn to Be Lucky? Why Some People Seem to Win More Often Than Others, was named a Fast Company Best Book of the Year. She writes at KStarr.com and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Starr wrote her second book, Making Numbers Count: The Art and Science of Communicating Numbers, with Chip Heath, co-author of Made to Stick and Switch.

Books by Karla Starr
Recent Posts
Tips to Spend Money Smarter and Be Happier
Can money make you happier? Surprisingly, yes. Social psychologist Michael Norton, author of Happy Money and associate professor at Harvard, has some ideas. In this interview, we discuss the keys to spending wisely.
The Science of First Impressions
A few years ago, a team of researchers at New York University led by Daniela Schiller examined the neuroscience of how people form impressions of others. What do the results say about the way our brain interprets those first encounters?
When You Look for Luck, You Get Luckier

Believing in luck and cataloging moments when you're lucky contribute to the confirmation bias the the subject-expectancy effect: you might think you're getting luckier with no real improvement.

Believing in luck and cataloging moments when you're lucky contribute to the confirmation bias the the subject-expectancy effect: you might think you're getting luckier with no real improvement.

Increasing Luck for Businesses and Introverts

In this second part of the interview, Johansson tells us how businesses and introverts can increase their luck.

In this second part of the interview, Johansson tells us how businesses and introverts can increase their luck.

How to Increase Your Luck: Q&A with Frans Johansson

An interview with the best-selling author of The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World, Frans Johansson, on how to how to increase your luck.

An interview with the best-selling author of The Click Moment: Seizing Opportunity in an Unpredictable World, Frans Johansson, on how to how to increase your luck.

RIP, Aaron Swartz, and Why Open-Access Matters

Luck and discovery are about making connections, and it's sad to think about how many connections aren't being made because of the current academic publishing model.

Luck and discovery are about making connections, and it's sad to think about how many connections aren't being made because of the current academic publishing model.

What Is the Science of Luck?

Some people say that there’s no way to improve our luck because we can’t predict the future. To me, that’s like saying that you can’t prepare for the weather because you don’t know exactly what those clouds are going to do.

Some people say that there’s no way to improve our luck because we can’t predict the future. To me, that’s like saying that you can’t prepare for the weather because you don’t know exactly what those clouds are going to do.