money
Money is a fickle mistress. According to a new study published in PNAS, introducing money into a small group causes a drop in trust, but doing the same to a larger group will increase trust. In the study, participants in groups that ranged in size from two to thirty two … Read More
Once upon a time, really rich people didn’t work much at all: they had serfs, slaves, or other lower classes to do that for them. Everyone else, on the other hand, had to work all the time, because survival would be otherwise impossible. We’ve flipped that notion on its head … Read More
The Dark Side of the Truffle Trade – The Atlantic “But both producers and buyers who do not exercise the same caution are vulnerable. The high-end industry has spawned a shadowy underworld, where tax evasion, nighttime heists, counterfeits, and sabotage are not uncommon. The schemes span continents and truffle types, … Read More
1. People who played a video game as Joker were bigger jerks than those who played as Superman. 2. Knocking on wood helps. 3. Slacktivism encourages less giving. 4. White collar criminals are doing great in prison. 5. Bad bosses are the leading causes of workplace depression. 6. A glass … Read More
I once had a teacher who admitted that she’d happily take a bribe for a better grade, but the bribe would have to be big enough for her to retire to an island in the pacific. Not much of a realistic possibility for high school students, but, according to new … Read More
