Sociology

“My dad asked me if I had been to tutoring and I lied… Then he showed me the tablet."
superabundance
Inequality should be measured in terms of the time it takes for us to earn the money to buy the things we need. And everyone is getting wealthier.
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Collective illusions — false assumptions about society that many people share — have existed for thousands of years in many different ways. Today, because of social media and modern technology, […]
Virtually all the statistical methods researchers commonly use assume potential mating partners decide who they will have children with based on a roll of the dice.
There are different types of atheism and atheists. In general, they can be classified as the non-religious, the non-believers, and agnostics.
The genes responsible for facial features may also influence behavior.
The larger truth on the streets is that no one uses just one drug anymore.
Population growth is driven by three changes: Fertility, mortality, and migration.
You want your baby's name to be unique, but so does everyone else.
They believe in meritocracy, yet leave their kids massive wealth.
Paradoxically, some do it for erotic reasons.
Many Americans aren't rejecting spirituality, just practicing it differently.
In the future, people may look back with horror at how humans treated AI in the 21st century.
Satanic cult sabbath goya
Satanic cultists don't even believe the Devil exists. Satanism is largely a religion focused on secular humanism and hedonism.
Urban legends help personify the anxieties that arise from living in a modern city.
How many tins of beans make a stockpile, and when does a basement become a bunker? 
We are tearing ourselves apart over gender issues, with the result that the problems of boys and men are left untreated.
Between 30% and 50% of the US population says they believe in ghosts.
The acceptance of fashionable nonsense is a threat to Enlightenment values and public health.
Even after a decade of hormone therapy, trans women are stronger and faster than cis women.
Fiona Broome remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s (he didn't). Oddly, many people had the same false memory.
Two men hugging, showing gratitude.
Expressing gratitude encourages others to continue being generous, promoting a cycle of goodness.
cooperation
Americans are more willing to put the greater good above their own interests today than in the 1950s.
tribalism
From politics to culture, we blame “tribalism” for humanity’s problems. This explanation is entirely wrong.
John Templeton Foundation
porn
Instead of liberation, the sexual revolution has led some people, particularly men, to be addicted to porn.