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Psychology says people who instinctively resist change aren't always stubborn or fearful??? they're often the ones whose early environment taught them that unpredictability was the first sign something was about to go wrong
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (922+ words) Edited by Daniel Moran What looks like stubbornness may actually be a survival instinct honed in childhood, when change meant danger was coming. Every workplace has one. A new system gets announced, or a new supplier, or a new seating…...
In an experiment published in 1998, people valued 7 ounces of ice cream more highly than 8 when each serving was judged separately??? the smaller portion overflowed a 5-ounce cup, while the larger serving of the same ice cream sat below the rim of a 10-ounce cup.
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (906+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown An overflowing small cup attracted a higher stated valuation than a larger underfilled serving when judged alone. Direct comparison reversed the result, and later research tested its limits. A generous-looking serving can contain less ice cream....
Across 355 cities in 40 countries, researchers handed in 17,303 supposedly lost wallets??? and adding cash raised the share of recipients who contacted the owner from 40% to 51%, making people more likely to send an email when there was money to keep.
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (946+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown A 17,303-wallet field experiment found that adding cash increased owner-contact rates. The study measured emails and explored the role of self-image and concern for others. Putting cash in a supposedly lost wallet made its recipient more…...
SoftBank is putting $200 million into the excavator-automation startup Gravis Robotics, whose headline productivity figure was stated two different ways on announcement day, with no published method behind either version
2+ week, 5+ day ago (402+ words) Edited by Christy Suriadi Gravis says its retrofit kits deliver "up to a 30% boost" against peak manual operation. It also told Inc. the machines have delivered "about 30 percent on multiple projects" against human-operated equipment. The specialist Inc. asked wants to…...
Can the planet only be saved by moving beyond capitalism? We map the strongest case its supporters make, from degrowth to the doughnut, against the decoupling evidence that complicates it
2+ week, 5+ day ago (771+ words) Silicon Canals The claim that the planet cannot be saved without moving beyond capitalism is one of the more consequential arguments in climate politics, and it is contested by serious people on more than one side. It is worth setting…...
Happier people???s minds seem to return to friends before money??? across the US, UK, and South Korea, their spontaneous thoughts were more closely tied to friendship, and those thoughts predicted when they would choose relationships over financial gain
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1603+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown Across US, UK and South Korean samples, happier participants produced more friend-related word chains. In the main sample, those patterns also predicted a higher price for leaving close relationships behind. A job offer can be generous…...
Psychology says people who fill every spare moment with noise??? podcasts, playlists, background television??? aren't distracted or disorganised, they're often quietly managing a loneliness they haven't quite named yet
3+ week, 1+ day ago (844+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. The constant hum of podcasts and playlists may feel like preference, but it might reveal something we're avoiding: the discomfort of our own company. The year I…...
Across 37,073 European Research Council applications, the same proposal scored higher with reviewers who shared the applicant's citizenship and country of work??? and that match moved the score about seven times as much as a shared gender did
3+ week, 2+ day ago (520+ words) Edited by Christy Suriadi Two economists contracted by the ERC's own executive agency compared how a single proposal was scored by reviewers who matched the applicant and reviewers who did not. Sharing both citizenship and country of work moved the…...
Researchers studied more than 2,200 working adults and found that people who persisted through setbacks earned more and were more satisfied with their careers??? associations that remained even after accounting for intelligence and conscientiousness.
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1084+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown Lachlan Brown is a writer at Silicon Canals contributing across the Mind pillar. Persistence occupies a flattering place in the stories we tell about work. Ability may open a door, but the person who keeps going…...
When ByteDance moved to end its fortnightly six-day rota in 2021, a large share of its own staff objected rather than celebrated, because as much as a fifth of their pay was classed as overtime
3+ week, 6+ day ago (521+ words) Edited by Mal James In China's tech industry, overtime pay has become so integral to worker compensation that reducing grueling schedules threatens to shrink paychecks, forcing companies into an uncomfortable choice between labor reform and staff retention. A company scraps…...