Humans are predictable, even criminals

People’s lives are built around patterns and routines. Their routines are structured. After a while, they even become predictable.  A change in routine, an abnormality, emphasizes the pattern itself. When we add a non-routine activity to our lives -- our actions usually indicate it will occur. For example, before a vacation we make plans, buy a ticket or book a hotel. Before we move to a new house, we usually visit the location several times, make money transfers and sign a contract. In their study from 2010, Albert-László Barabási and his team studied the mobility patterns of anonymous cell-phone users… [Continue Reading]