Merv Mandelbaum 
So, you’re playing GTA V. You get to that torture scene. You torture the snot out of that guy. It’s violent, gratuitous, and makes you wonder why people didn’t complain about that scene instead of the game’s depiction of women. It also makes you wonder if you’re a bad person. … Read More
Obviously you want both a high income and good job stability, but when outside pressure hits—the economy slows down, the industry is in flux, the government is tearing up and rewriting regulations—it’s better to have job stability than a stable income in terms of preserving your workplace happiness. In a … Read More
You’re probably familiar with mob mentality—people in groups do bad things. A couple of reasons for this are well-explored: people in groups feel more anonymous, and people in groups feel a diminished sense of responsibility for what the group does. Now it’s time for a third reason: people in groups … Read More
Want to extend your golden years? Find a sense of purpose. That decidedly self help sounding advice comes courtesy of a study done at Carleton, published in Psychological Science. How the hell would they measure something like that? Well, researchers looked at data from over 6,000 participants of the Midlife … Read More
Think that the colour of a woman’s outfit matters? Of course not—to you. But to other women, it can be a problem. A study published in Personality and Social Science found that women in red were seen to be more sexually available and more of a threat—by other women. In … Read More
