#social science


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to save society, should we talk to strangers?

New research says that talking to strangers has a lot of mental benefits. And they may just help us out of the societal mess we're in today.
to save society, should we talk to strangers?

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do dogs hold the answer to the mysteries of social evolution?

Scientists studying how communication and cooperation evolves are turning towards dogs to shed light on long-standing mysteries.
do dogs hold the answer to the mysteries of social evolution?

want to look competent? wear expensive clothes.

It turns out that clothes have an amazing effect on how we're perceived by others, even at first glance.
want to look competent? wear expensive clothes.

the toxic cycle in which empathy dies

In the last 25 years, there's been a steep decline in our average empathy. Why? We're stuck in a self-created loop of misery, woe, anger, and conspiracies. And we must break the wheel.
the toxic cycle in which empathy dies

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why you shouldn't be anything you want

For millennials, the first step to happiness and a productive life may to forget pretty much everything boomer culture tried to teach them.
why you shouldn't be anything you want