I Spent a Year in Space, and I Have Tips on Isolation to Share
5 min read · 150 saves · Mar 21st · Scott Kelly · Take it from someone who couldn’t: Go outside.
The cognitive biases that make coronavirus seem scarier than it is
4 min read · Feb 1st · When we worry too much - or too little - about something, we can actually introduce new threats.
Op-Ed: Portrait of a Fuhrer
8 min read · 17 saves · Feb 26th · In the midst of World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a psychological profile of Adolf Hitler. The results may have something to teach…
Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling
From 2017 · Storytelling entails costs in terms of time and effort, yet it is a ubiquitous feature of human society. Here, Smith et al. show benefits…
Why I Let My 9-Year-Old Ride the Subway Alone
2 min read · 11 saves · Jan 7th · I left my 9-year-old at Bloomingdale's (the original one) a couple weeks ago. Last seen, he was in first floor handbags as I sashayed…
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
10 min read · 1383 saves · Feb 1st · Marcus Lu · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to…
20 Ways To Be A Happier Person In 2020, According To Therapists
10 min read · 310 saves · 2019-12-30 · If you're going to make a resolution for the new year, it may as well be improving your mental health.
Cómo los libros y la televisión afectan a tu cerebro de manera diferente
3 min read · Jan 24th · Alberto Barbieri · Varios estudios demuestran que leer libros nos aporta muchos beneficios que, en cambio, la televisión no nos puede ofrecer.
Daniel Kahneman: Thinking Fast and Slow, Deep Learning, and AI
1 min read · 222 saves · Jan 14th · Lex Fridman · Daniel Kahneman is winner of the Nobel Prize in economics for his integration of economic science with the psychology of human behavior, judgment and…
"No, judges don't give harsher sentences when they are hungry"— Annie’s Newsletter, October 5, 2018
6 min read · 2018-10-05 · NO, JUDGES DON’T GIVE HARSHER SENTENCES WHEN THEY ARE HUNGRY How a sexy narrative can make us forget that correlation does not equal causation…
Per què la gent incompetent es pensa que és boníssima?
2 min read · Jan 10th · L'educador David Dunning diu que «sovint sobrevalorem les nostres habilitats»
Brian Roemmele on Twitter
7 min read · Jan 5th · “Consider: millions of years ago our antecedents gave a massive sacrifice of their left hemisphere. We lost a tremendous amount of short term memory…