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The Ice-Bucket Racket
The New York Times: Ever since the ice-bucket challenge swept the Internet this summer, raising more than $115 million for A.L.S. research, a legion of imitators has sprung up to try and cash in themselves.
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Have You Heard? Gossip Is Actually Good and Useful
The Atlantic: While gossiping is a behavior that has long been frowned upon, perhaps no one has frowned quite so intensely as the 16th- and 17th-century British. Back then, gossips, or “scolds” were sometimes forced
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Schon Zweijährige unterliegen dem Gruppenzwang (Even two year olds are subject to peer pressure)
Die Welt: Wenn Kleinkinder auf dem Spielplatz erfolglos versuchen, auf ein hohes Klettergerüst zu kommen, dann haben sie recht schnell eine Idee, wie das Problem zu lösen ist: einfach mal gucken, wie die anderen Kinder
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The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project
Request for Proposals: EXTENDED DEADLINE The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project Marquette University, with a generous grant from the Templeton Religion Trust, is pleased to announce a new research initiative on the topics of the
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Great Vacation? Don’t Brag to Your Friends
The New York Times: Your friends don’t want to hear about your excellent adventures. While you may have gotten great pleasure from an epic event — sipping a rare wine in Burgundy, watching a Himalayan
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Just Looking at Cash Makes People Selfish and Less Social
The Atlantic: When it comes to money, people aren’t pursuing stacks of green paper or a collection of copper disks—they’re interested in what those objects represent. The pull of money, the economy and most behavioral