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Study helps explain why some people have a negative opinion toward corrupt people but act corruptly themselves
A series of 6 studies in Brazil found that people oriented towards social dominance are more willing to engage in corruption and are more likely to see the world as a competitive jungle, in which people ruthlessly struggle for survival. People with pronounced right-wing authoritarian views were more likely to have negative attitudes towards corrupt people and more prone to perceive the world as dangerous and threatening, but were not more willing to engage in corrupt behavior.
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What Is Corporate Social Responsibility and Why Does it Matter?
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How many monuments honor fascists, Nazis and murderers of Jews? You’ll be shocked.
There are hundreds of statues and monuments around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and others during the Holocaust.
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101 Countries Witness Rise In Civil Unrest In Last Quarter, Worst Yet To Come As Socioeconomic Pressures Build
The world is facing a huge rise in civil unrest. The impact is evident across the globe, with popular discontent over rising living costs emerging.
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The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves from the apocalypse
As a humanist who writes about the impact of digital technology on our lives, I am often mistaken for a futurist. The people most interested in hiring me for my opinions about technology are usually less concerned with building tools that help people live better lives in the present than they are in identifying the Next Big Thing through which to dominate them in the future. I don’t usually respond to their inquiries. Why help these guys ruin what’s left of the internet, much less civilisation?
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The Election Sequel Might Change What You Think of Tracy Flick
Is Tracy Flick real? I know she’s a fictional character, a gung-ho high schooler introduced in Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel Election and made famous by Reese Witherspoon in Alexander Payne’s 1999 movie. Ever since Witherspoon’s indelible performance, Tracy Flick has perched in the front row of the American cultural imagination, hand raised.
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The Only One Setting Back Abuse Survivors Is Amber Heard (And The Media That Propped Her Up)
Johnny Depp has finally won his defamation case against Amber Heard. The jury decided that he proved Amber Heard intentionally defamed him with malice on every count and awarded him $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages.
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Why the Cult of ‘Doing What You Love’ is Losing Steam
In 2012, feminist activist Silvia Federici wrote to dismantle much of what we know and hold dear: “Nothing so effectively stifles our lives as the transformation into work of the activities and relations that satisfy our desires.”
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Would the World Be Better Off Without Philanthropists?
Critics say that big-time donors wield too much power over their fellow-citizens and perpetuate social inequality. But don’t cancel Lady Bountiful just yet.
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The banks collapsed in 2008 – and our food system is about to do the same
For the past few years, scientists have been frantically sounding an alarm that governments refuse to hear: the global food system is beginning to look like the global financial system in the run-up to 2008.
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Why it's harder to earn more than your parents
In the 21st century it's got harder to earn more than your parents and to climb the social ladder. What's gone wrong, and what can be done to change this?
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Redefining ‘flesh-colored’ bandages makes medicine more inclusive
Peach-colored bandages label dark-skinned patients as outside the norm, says med student Linda Oyesiku. Brown bandages expand who gets to be normal.
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Researchers Have a Controversial New Hypothesis For How Civilization First Started
The dawn of human civilization is often pinned down to the rise of farming. As food production grew, so did human populations, trade, and tax.
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New blood test predicts risk of heart attack and stroke with twice previous accuracy
Scientists have developed a blood test that can predict whether someone is at high risk of a heart attack, stroke, heart failure or dying from one of these conditions within the next four years. The test, which relies of measurements of proteins in the blood, has roughly twice the accuracy of existing risk scores. It could enable doctors to determine whether patients’ existing medications are working or whether they need additional drugs to reduce their risk.
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Travel wishlist: A guide to 2022’s happiest countries!
The year 2022 marks the 10th anniversary of the World Happiness Report! The report measures happiness on three main factors—life evaluations, positive emotions, and negative emotions.Let’s checkout the top 10 happiest nations in the world in 2022.
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The Things I’m Afraid to Write About
Fear of professional exile has kept Sarah Hepola from taking on certain topics. What gets lost when a writer mutes herself?
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Author Safety Survey
Bookangel launched a survey into author safety and privacy issues, such as online harassment, threats and physical confrontations. This was simply to find out how common these issues are, and what type of problems writers face. The results are shocking!
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It's no longer about the virus — remote workers simply don't want to return to the office
Although businesses haven't really reduced office space in the pandemic and some companies may be expecting workers to return soon, plenty of employees have become hooked on the work-from-home life.
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How a Virus Exposed the Myth of Rugged Individualism
Humans evolved to be interdependent, not self-sufficient
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In Defense of Nepotism
Nobody likes nepotism. It's one of those universally reviled practices in society. To be familiar with the word is to have a negative association with it. Nepotism refers to preferentially giving jobs and other favors to relatives or friends. Everyone is quick to call out nepotism when they see it, quick to belittle those who benefit from it and to cast aspersions on those who bestow it. It’s regarded as a form of corruption, a moral failing, and an impediment to progress. The problem is, nepotism’s many critics are full of shit — their antipathy poorly thought-out and mired in envy and hypocrisy.
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