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Talking Is Easy, Listening Is Hard Work
Take this simple test: After your next long conversation with someone, estimate what percentage of it you spent talking. Be honest. No, you're already ...
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Google Word Search Shows Rise of Individualism
A few years ago, Google released a database of over 5 million books published between 1500 and 2008. You can now type a search word into the database ...
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The Twilight of Entitlement
The Washington Post ran a very preachable article about “the collapse of ‘entitlement.’” Here’s Robert J. Samuelson definition ...
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But I Don't Want to Share!
You just thought that your toddler would grow out of it. Research from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor indicates that little kids know how to ...
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The Internet Narcissism Epidemic
Here's a fascinating article in The Atlantic that claims we're in the middle of a raging "narcissism epidemic." According to the article, ...
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Wood Ticks and the Disease of 'More'
Nancy Ortberg tells the story about how their family dog, a golden retriever named Baxter, would get covered with ticks. So after doing some research ...
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U.S. Students Are Even More Narcissistic
Since 1966 about nine million college freshman have taken the American Freshman Survey. It asks students to rate how they measure up against their peers. ...
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Man Wants a Less Needy Robot 'Woman'
In her book Alone Together, MIT professor Sherry Turkle claims that the emergence of "sociable robots" has already started to change our attitudes ...
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Entitlement Mindset Produces Ingratitude
The bigger our sense of entitlement, the smaller our sense of gratitude …. [Our entitlement mindset] has led to a proliferation of lawsuits: when ...
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Historian Observes Our Inflated Expectations
Historian Daniel Boorstin suggests that Americans suffer from all-too-extravagant expectations. In his much-quoted book, The Image, Boorstin makes this ...
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