A new study suggests that viewing materialistic media—even for a minute—can influence people to harbor stronger anti-welfare attitudes.
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From child vaccination rates to economic prosperity, paid parental leave benefits us all.
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A child-friendly robot demonstrates human emotions and engages children with autism in responding appropriately. MIT researchers have now developed a type of personalized machine learning that helps robots estimate the engagement and interest of each child during these interactions.
There’s a high social cost that comes with lighting up.
Some games are just for fun, others are for thought provoking statements on life, the universe, and everything.
The question isn’t “are you happy”… but rather “what kind of happy are you”?
From communication to intimacy, this data visual has it all covered.
A new study shows how the personalities of men and women are changed by marriage.
For any business or organization, it’s essential to an organization’s success to create an environment that encourages personal growth and having a growth mindset. In a Harvard Business Review (HBR) […]
What is liberal America’s big, and possibly fatal, mistake? Failing to recognize its own extremists.
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Novels open us to the nuances of being human.
Can’t find meaning in your life? A new study has the next best thing.
We all make mistakes. However, acknowledging them can help you overcome the “sunk cost fallacy” and move on.
Artificial intelligence will soon be powerful enough to operate autonomously, how should we tell it to act? What kind of ethics should we teach it?
We’re directly responsible for our robots’ joy, suffering, thoughtfulness, and creative potential.
“Anybody who expected a wonderful happy global community to form on the Internet in which everybody would share cat videos has been gravely disappointed.”
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China’s rise has necessitated a global PR push. It includes influencing how the movies you watch depict China.
In order to reap the greatest rewards, we have to think big and invest big. One of these four missions will deliver like never before. When it comes to exploring the […]
Ayn Rand champions self-sufficiency, attacks altruism, demonizes public servants, and vilifies government regulations because they hinder individual freedom.
Utopias are idealised visions of a perfect society. Utopianisms are those ideas put into practice. This is where the trouble begins.
Trying to figure out the meaning of life? Here are a few thoughts on the subject from some very famous American philosophers.
In her book, The Power of Meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith details the four pillars of meaning, arguing that they’re much more important than chasing happiness.
A newly discovered phenomenon shows that humans communicate outside of mere auditory and visual modes.
Does money, even when borrowed, make us happier – or does the state of owing money add to our dissatisfaction and stress?
It’s not simply Hubble’s Law anymore, but the real history is far more complex than the stories you’ve heard. One of the most mind-blowing facts in our existence is that space […]
In 1922, Albert Einstein explained how to live a happy life to a bellboy in Tokyo.
That same pattern is seen in chimps and orangutans, primatologists say.
Although the great Martian dust storm of 2018 may have ended its life, its accomplishments will live on forever. Note: This article was originally published on January 25, 2019 on Forbes. […]
“The starting point for understanding inequality in the context of human progress is to recognize that income inequality is not a fundamental component of well-being.”