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Jessica Yao • 1 card
Social media is poisoning our brains, writes Sam Harris. By amplifying fringe and outrageous voices, social media algorithms inevitably dampen the far more sober views of everyday people. Instead of uniting us, it is fueling outrage, dividing us further, and stoking distrust of others—a reality that America’s adversaries are taking advantage of.... See more
instagram.comI’ll also sidestep any grand arguments about the long-term societal consequence of this shift, as such arguments tend to open impassible rifts.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Meet the greatest psychologists you've never heard of.
Their research on decision-making was so threatening - Wall Street tried to bury it.
Why? Because it revealed why 2% of investors own 90% of the market.
Here's the Nobel-winning formula they tried to hide: 🧵... See more
Parties with more alternatives and lower needs have the most power.
Jason Barron • The Visual Mba: Two Years of Business School Packed into One Priceless Book of Pure Awesomeness
Stephen Palmer, a professor of psychology at the University of California who directs the Visual Perception and Aesthetics Lab,
Tom Vanderbilt • You May Also Like
On Tues Patrick Casey, leader of the neo-nazi ‘American Identity Movement’, disrupted a talk by Charlie Kirk of the right-wing group Turning Point USA.
Targeting TPUSA is a long-standing tactic used by Casey’s group (formerly called Identity Evropa.)
https://t.co/IHV4xmMxpe... See more
Psychology
It turns out, people matter. You can study all the theory in the world and not be prepared for the hair standing up on the back of your neck because you just don’t trust someone.