When Positivity becomes toxic. Everyone is familiar with the terrible effects constant negativity can have on their mood and overall wellbeing. When you feel good about something, there is almost nothing more devastating than people bringing nothing but negative energy to the table. This can look like them pointing out how bad things are going […]
An overview of 2023 Economics Nobel Prize winner Claudia Goldin’s research. Name the first 3 famous female economists that come to your mind. Most people would be able to come up with even more examples of male economists, but why is it so hard to think of women economists? The social stigma that defines careers […]
Introduction From a young age, we are told to work hard to find a well-payed job, as to be able to live a fulfilling life. However, there is no set rule for how much money it takes to be happy, although, we as a society have a general understanding of the value of a humane […]
“Steely nerves and patience, a ruthless and tactical game plan, lots of compromises, and the ability to shrug off feelings of utter despair…” That is how The Times magazine describes a successful investor: a superhuman fully in control of himself and his undesired emotions. Here we should ask the question: what about the biases? Can […]
Is inequality as high/low as you believe it to be? Are your perceptions biased in any way? Do you think your beliefs are based on real data or broad assumptions you formed? Actual levels of inequality and citizens’ (mis)perceptions of those levels often differ significantly. Individuals’ estimates are consistently much lower than the actual level […]
Recently, the so-called “social justice” slideshows and images have dominated our instagram feeds and stories. It seems as if adding a filter to profile pictures or sharing a ten slide powerpoint on a story is our generation’s response to every social injustice or political issue happening in the world. Online petitions, filters on social media, […]
Etymologically, “procrastination” is derived from the Latin verb procrastinare — to put off until tomorrow. But it is more than just voluntarily delaying. Procrastination also comes from the ancient Greek word akrasia, which means doing something against our better judgment. To understand what causes procrastination (outside of conditions such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, where executive functioning […]
How many times have you wished to find a diet which could allow you to lose weight without any effort required? People are often driven by the false hope that they can easily achieve maximum results with minimum effort. Nutrition misinformation is based on this common belief and on the easiness with which individuals are persuaded by fake news, misleading advertisements and […]
One of the most frequent sentences among people that have to deal with a certain situation is “I’ll do it tomorrow”. Students often use this excuse to avoid engagement in studying in the present, even when they are not busy and when the task doesn’t require so much effort and time to be completed. However, […]
In recent years, a growing body of research has been investigating the role of morality in the formation of political attitudes and the association between individuals’ moral beliefs and political ideology. In particular, Jonathan Haidt’s thesis allowed us to discover the importance of moral intuitions in building our political identity: by constructing his Moral Foundations Theory, Haidt detected the six underlying moral principles that shape our politics. Intuitions come first Using […]
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