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18 Nov 08

Unhappy people turn to the tube, researchers say

  • Researchers at the University of Maryland have found that unhappy people watch more TV and do less reading and socializing than happy people.
  • Researchers at the University of Maryland have found that unhappy people watch more TV and do less reading and socializing than happy people.
12 Nov 08

globeandmail.com: Think they're out to get you?

  • Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought.
  • Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought.
10 Nov 08

reportonbusiness.com: Changing the way we manage

  • The children of the Baby Boomers are coming of age. They're the Net Generation, as author Don Tapscott calls them, because they're the first generation to grow up with the Internet, mobile phones, video games, Facebook and other digital gadgets. In this series of 4 articles, Tapscott draws from the $4-million dollar research project that inspired his new book Grown Up Digital, explaining how digital technology has affected young people, and how they will change business
  • The children of the Baby Boomers are coming of age. They're the Net Generation, as author Don Tapscott calls them, because they're the first generation to grow up with the Internet, mobile phones, video games, Facebook and other digital gadgets. In this series of 4 articles, Tapscott draws from the $4-million dollar research project that inspired his new book Grown Up Digital, explaining how digital technology has affected young people, and how they will change business

globeandmail.com: The secret of success* *It's not what you'd expect

  • In his new book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is less about innate ability than birthdate and luck - and we may be squandering half of our nation's hockey talent
  • In his new book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell argues that success is less about innate ability than birthdate and luck - and we may be squandering half of our nation's hockey talent
23 Oct 08

Study: hot coffee may help you make a good first impression

In today's issue of Science, psychologists Lawrence Williams and John Bargh demonstrate that the physical temperatures people experience when they meet have sway over their perception of a stranger and affect their generosity towards friends.

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Culture and Society

21 Oct 08

EBay to ban global sale of ivory products on its auction site

Not that I support the ivory trade, but isn't a little weird that a corporation can make decisions about what private citizens in dozens of countries can or can't do? So much for national sovereignty or representative government....

www.cbc.ca/...ebay-ivoryban.html - Preview

Culture and Society

globeandmail.com: Binging and hookups and dead-end jobs

In his new book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men, sociologist and State University of New York professor Michael Kimmel traces the emergence of a new stage in the life of the North American male: the wasteland between ages 16 and 26.

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