Tag: society
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Against Trump (but everyone else too). Why politics is dead.
The recent coronavirus crisis revealed many things which remained safely hidden under the comfort of our everyday routine. As usual, a crisis of such proportions exposes the real self of men (and women). And what emerged from those ICU beds, the agony, the fear, the irony and the disbelief (of those who do not believe […]
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The power of minorities. Modern society. Interlinked.
A study finds that when 25 percent of people in a group adopt a new social norm, it creates a tipping point where the entire group follows suit. This shows the direct causal effect of the size of a committed minority on its capacity to create social change. (1) Even the 1 can change the […]
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The greatest dead-end of democracy (is democracy itself)
The situation in the UK is a big mess. The people decided something democratically via referendum. Others are democratically protesting. To implement this decision, the prime minister closes the House by applying a democratic process (yes, democracy there gave him this right) so that others do not democratically pass laws that impede the implementation of […]
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Ostracism. Society. Genuine humans.
Ostracism or social exclusion within a group serves to discipline disagreeable, awkward, or free-loading members and thus promote cooperation – at least this was the assumption of previous research in this field. However, ostracism also develops in situations in which there is no need to discipline the behaviors of others, and the victims often seem […]
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Hey Deism! Why are you afraid of Theism? [Against society]
Atheism is in fashion today. Denying this would be like denying the Sun revolved around the Earth! Oups! Sorry. I meant the Earth revolving around the Sun. Let’t not discuss about changing reference systems. This is something for 3rd grade students anyway… Where was I? Oh, yes! Atheism is in fashion today. And this has […]
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