#human-behavior

#human-behavior

The fear of panic has killed more people than most disasters themselves.

Data gives you credibility. It's the most powerful way to show how trends connect with people so you can tell a story that really matters.

In emergency scenarios, people exhibit an extraordinary sense of solidarity and often assist each other in unexpected ways, defying the stereotypes seen in disaster portrayals.

Like a Venus flytrap made of pixels and Python, it lures the bots in with sweet, juicy content, then buries them in academic-grade nonsense.

Humans lie all of the time. You've probably lied quite recently, considering most of us lie around 30 times a day. Lying is one of the most important tricks we have to get an advantage over each other.

What I've learned is that there's a really deep seated desire to belong. It's interesting to watch how people struggle with that. Because the conceit of the game is that you're trying to vote out one of your own.

'Our results demonstrate that small changes in perceived eye morphology impact behaviour and affective responses,' the researchers said, highlighting the importance of eye characteristics in social perception.

"Curiosity actually works by connecting pieces of information, not just acquiring them. We gather information and connect it to what we already know."

"A couple and their dog checked into the hotel. We'll call the couple Sam and Pat. They get into a fight, and Sam storms out, leaving Pat and the dog at the hotel. Pat stays the night but - to punish Sam - leaves the dog at the hotel in one of the staff service areas, where one of the employees later finds it."

"To harm a person is to receive something from him. And what have we gained when we have done harm? We've gained in importance. We have expanded. We have filled an emptiness in ourselves by creating one in somebody else."

Our proclivities are perhaps what the Algorithm knows best: If you previously lingered on a video of a raccoon eating a taco, you will, when presented with similar things again, most likely pause and delight.

Lilla's prose crackles with dry wit, elegantly addressing how we are both creatures who seek knowledge and yet often choose ignorance, a paradox of human existence.

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