Toddlers Like Winners, But How They Win Matters “…bonobos always prefer a winner — even when that dominance comes from beating others up. “They prefer dominant individuals, no matter how they achieve their dominance,” notes Kiley Hamlin, an associate professor studying developmental psychology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. “Whereas human babies, […]
Monthly Archives: August 2018
Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis
2018.08.23 – 08:43
Extreme Athleticism Is the New Midlife Crisis “For her dissertation, Christensen conducted a field study of 100 milers as they went through the race. She tracked their emotions and their levels of confidence as they journeyed through the various stages. What she found is that runners who were able to accept their pain and not […]
When will I be me? Why a sense of authenticity takes its time
2018.08.20 – 07:05
When will I be me? Why a sense of authenticity takes its time “…these studies suggest that our perceived sense of authenticity is continually changing. We do not think of ourselves as stagnant beings. Moreover, people hold positive expectations that they are constantly moving towards becoming their true self, and they place immense value on […]
Community Plumbing
2018.08.03 – 17:02
Community Plumbing: How the hardware store orders things, neighborhoods, and material worlds. “Yet growing up in that environment impressed upon me that pretty much everything can be made and fixed by regular people. It helped me appreciate how the world hangs together — how a building stands up, how electricity gets to the outlet, how […]