economics
The general theme of these findings is that the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others. (Location 891) Whether you are a hippie with a killer business sense 202301092335, or you are a libertarian crypto
psychology
“act calm and kind regardless of how you feel” is very good advice: you are likely to be rewarded by actually feeling calm and kind. (Location 871) Situations are constantly evaluated as good or bad, requiring escape or permitting approach. Good mood and cognitive ease are the human equivalents of
psychology
People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely determined by the extent of coverage in the media. (Location 126) Ties into the primacy effect: The primacy effect is a cognitive bias and refers to an
psychology
…person, but he reached out and said that it had always weighed on him, his latest business was doing well, and he wanted to pay me back. I found this moving after all this time, and I get to push a nice positive update into my personal “model of how
psychology
She said, in her muffled voice, “The happiest thing right now is, I learned to talk openly. It works really, really well. Today, you thought I didn’t want you to come to the Space Needle, so you made a face. That’s insanity. You have to tell everybody what
music
Saw Cara Delevingne and Sarah Snyder and now i don't think famous people are all that special -- they just seemed kinda… boring tbh -- and they both dated Jaden Smith, was it for clout or did they genuinely like the guy, I wonder?[1] On the other