Nudging meat off the menu
How do you convince people to break the habit of a lifetime?
12 October, 2019
Can we create an empathic alternative to the capitalist system?
Is capitalism naturally unempathetic?
09 October, 2019
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Any attempt to propose a detailed alternative to the capitalist economic system in a short article could be seen as somewhat presumptuous.
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How to deal when things fall apart
Glenn Albrecht has ideas about how to cope with the effects of a changing world: Invent a new language.
07 October, 2019
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- In Earth Emotions, Australia philosopher Glenn Albrecht provides a blueprint for dealing with emotional turmoil resulting from climate change.
- Technology has many wonderful applications, but distraction and entertainment cannot be the foundation of our devices.
- Time remains for preparing to deal with the consequences of climate change, if we act now.
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How personal experience of adversity affects our feelings of compassion towards others
Researchers measured high- and low-adversity participants' feelings of compassion.
03 October, 2019
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Imagine seeing a photograph of a suffering child in the war-torn region of Darfur, in Sudan.
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Want to seem more authentic? Use politically incorrect language.
Politically incorrect speakers seem less calculated and more "real," according to the authors of a new Berkeley study.
06 September, 2019
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- The study involved nearly 5,000 participants across nine experiments, which found that both liberals and conservatives viewed politically incorrect speakers as more authentic.
- The results also suggest that political incorrectness can offend liberals and conservatives — it just depends on the issue.
- About 80 percent of Americans believe political correctness is a problem in the U.S., according to a 2018 study.
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