We are often afraid to change our lives from fear of other people’s emotions.
Category: Psychology
Apocalyptic Stories
If you like apocalyptic stories, the consequences of Global Warming should give you lots of entertainment.
Ruminating
It’s so much easier to ruminate about our life than do useful things.
Capitalism and Change
Capitalism is all about disruption and change. Yet people only want certain types of change.
Conversational Responses
Here are a few responses that can be useful in conversations.
Persuasion
We are often persuaded more by the status of the person making the argument than by the argument itself.
The Decision Making Process
When making decisions we tend to be more influenced by our opinion of the person making the argument than by the argument itself.
Loss Aversion
People are loss averse. The pain of loss is greater than the pleasure of gain. Politicians can use this bias.
Quiet Desperation
When Thoreau said “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation“, he probably wasn’t thinking of social media.
Decision Making
High levels of Carbon Dioxide in the air we breathe reduces our cognitive abilities and the quality of our decision making.
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