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Gifts in the desert: the psychology of Burning Man
The Guardian: What happens to groups of people in harsh physical environments, away from all of the trappings of modern civilization? Tales of shipwrecks, adventurers and post-apocalyptic worlds explore this question, and usually these stories
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Just a Job or a ‘Calling’? Passion and Meaning at Work Tied to Life Satisfaction
The number one reason people stay at a job isn’t because of the pay, benefits, or even the chance for a promotion. According to a 2012 survey on workforce retention, the top reason people stay
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Why Nice Entrepreneurs Finish First
Inc.: Wharton professor and author of bestseller Give and Take Adam Grant talks with Inc.‘s Eric Schurenberg about the latest research on giving, taking, success, networking, and more. There’s nothing wrong with enjoying the warm glow of altruism
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Extraordinary Altruism: Who Gives A Kidney To A Stranger?
I have a colleague who would not be alive today if it were not for a complete stranger, who volunteered to give her a kidney. Her kidneys were failing, and she would not have survived
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Psst. I hear that gossip is not all bad.
When I was growing up, there was a woman in the neighborhood known as The Mayor. She was not a mayor in any official sense, and in fact held no political office. She was a
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Hunger and Hoarding
Suzanne Collins’ futuristic trilogy, The Hunger Games, takes place in Panem, a totalitarian nation of obscene wealth and pervasive poverty. Its twelve districts are all impoverished, but District 12, the coal-mining region formerly called Appalachia
