Problem Facebook seems to upset you. Reality Well, Facebook has been shown to make people sad—but only if they’re using it passively, according to a study in the Journal of Experimental Psychology. Methods In one experiment, researchers had eighty-four subjects report how they were felling on a scale from zero … Read More
Problem Lots of your social networks are echo chambers these days. Solution According to Facebook and a study they published in Science, it isn’t their algorithm that only shows you stuff that you agree with—you choose your friends that way. Method First, Facebook anonymized data for ten million Facebook users … Read More
Man, doesn’t Facebook suck? Wouldn’t it be great if Facebook did everything we told them to? [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCwmGx2ZUTc[/youtube]
Why We Choke “ . . . a person’s propensity to choke under pressure is directly related to how much they’re willing to tolerate loss—but it’s a bit counterintuitive. Those with high loss aversion choked when they stood to gain a lot, but those with low loss aversion choked when … Read More
Your party won the election? Congratulations, you won’t care tomorrow. Wait, you guys lost? Well, prepare for a bit of suffering. A study published as part of the JFK School of Government Working Paper Series has found that people whose party win the election are barely any happier than before, … Read More
