The Enduring Allure of Conspiracies
Conspiracy theories seem to meet psychological needs and can be almost impossible to eradicate. One remedy: Keep them from taking root in the first place.
Knowable Magazine
Topics: Belief Cognition Information Knowledge Power
How Power Erodes Empathy, and the Steps We Can Take to Rebuild It
An interview with Stanford Professor Jamil Zaki.
Here & Now, WBUR
Topics: Empathy Jamil Zaki Power Social Inequality
Calls for Racial Justice Gained Steam With Empathy
Like other skills, empathy takes practice, and people practice it when they are motivated to do so.
The Washington Post
Young Children Believe Intervening in Antisocial Behaviour Is a Universal Duty. Adults Don’t
Older children and adults tend to see norm enforcement as the responsibility of authorities, while younger children see that duty as universal.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Cognitive Development Power
Societies Are Tearing Apart, But They Can Be Brought Together
We must reduce the social distance between people and focus on shared human traits, says Adam Waytz, author of The Power of Human.
Open Future, The Economist
Topics: Adam Waytz Bias Cognition Group Conflict Power Violence
Babies Want Fair Leaders
Babies as young as a year and a half want leaders to fix situations in which they see someone else being treated unfairly.
60-Second Science, Scientific American
Topics: Cognitive Development Fairness Morality Power
Why Fiction Trumps Truth
We humans know more truths than any species on earth. Yet we also believe the most falsehoods.
The Stone, The New York Times
Topics: Belief Cooperation Power Rationality
Does Power Corrupt? How Powerful People React in Moral Dilemmas
Do people with power respond to moral dilemmas, such as the trolley problem, differently?
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Decision-Making Ethics Morality Power
How the Stanford Prison Experiment Gave Us the Wrong Idea About Evil
The Stanford prison experiment shaped our understanding of evil. It has led us badly astray.
Prospect
Topics: Group Conflict Power Violence
Power Doesn’t Corrupt. It Just Exposes Who Leaders Really Are
Psychologists theorize that rather than being a corrupting influence, power amplifies leaders’ innate tendencies.
Topics: Power Values
“Team Human” Stresses That the Future Lies in Connection and Cooperation
Douglas Rushkoff’s knowledge of digital technology shines in his new book, horrifying us with the capacities of the machines we’ve built — and the ways they have been used against us.
NPR
Topics: Cooperation Power Technology
Tight and Loose Cultures: A Conversation with Michele Gelfand
Life can look quite different when a culture’s enforcement of norms is tight or loose.
Behavioral Scientist
Topics: Cultural Evolution Power
People Are Not Pets
Research on the efficacy of rewards tells us that we can’t bribe others into doing what we want.
The New York Times
Topics: Power Success
A New Study Finds Infants Can Discern Between Leaders and Bullies
A new study finds even babies can discern who leads and who bullies.
Big Think
Topics: Morality Power
Who Gets Power — and Why It Can Corrupt Even the Best of Us
From our conflicted feelings toward the powerful, to the ways we gain and lose power ourselves, and how power can corrupt.
Hidden Brain, NPR
Topics: Christopher Boehm Empathy Power Social Inequality
How Much Empathy Do You Feel When Powerful People Suffer?
What about less powerful people? Your answers likely depend on how egalitarian you are.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Empathy Power Social Inequality
Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies?
The debate over how well ritual killings maintained social order.
The Atlantic
Topics: Cultural Evolution Evolution of Religion Power Ritual Scientific Study of Religion Social Inequality Violence
The Psychology of Taking a Knee
The backlash against protests by Colin Kaepernick and other athletes raises all sorts of scientific questions.
Scientific American
Topics: Emotion Group Conflict Power
Power Causes Brain Damage
Over time, leaders lose mental capacities — most notably for reading other people — that were essential to their rise.
Topics: Empathy Power
When Does Equality Flourish?
Christopher Boehm, a cultural anthropologist at the University of Southern California, has approached this question from a cross-species angle.
The New Yorker
Topics: Christopher Boehm Power Social Inequality
People Don’t Actually Want Equality
They want fairness.
Topics: Fairness Power Wealth
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