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What happens to impression formation when we see and hear each other through video on a regular basis? Visual cues in video conferences, such as camera angle and a partner’s distance to the screen, may have large perceptual consequences on impression development.Géraldine Fauville, Anna C. M. Queiroz, Mufan Luo, Jeffrey Hancock, and Jeremy N. Bailenson

The desire to generate income and feel fulfilled from multiple projects will increase retention, increase workplace productivity, and help many projects and companies engage top talent that would otherwise be out of reach.Scott Belsky

Hewson also proposed that power is a critical component of self-agency. Power, in this case, means that a person has the resources, capabilities, and knowledge to act on their goals.Lindsay Morgia

And one of the things that is my little reminder to myself is that when I feel like I need more grit, what I actually need is more help. And when I look at Amelia’s life, and I think, “She needs more discipline, she needs more perseverance, she needs to work harder,” what she actually…

The research might also help us to avoid accidental faux pas when we act altruistically ourselves. At the very least, the research shows that you should avoid noisily broadcasting your good deeds. “And if people bring them up, you should downplay them,” says Raihani. Even if you think that you are simply sharing a bit…

Ultimately, legitimacy derives from trust: trust that the governing order is just, trust that agents establishing and enforcing that order are doing so in the interest of the greater good.Li Jin and Katie Parrott on Legitimacy Lost

“Not until you start asking a question, do you get something.” We live in a “participatory universe,” Wheeler suggested, which emerges from the interplay of consciousness and physical reality, the subjective and objective realms.John Horgan

We jot notes, but we don’t publish much of what we write. The fire offers a tangible reminder of what we’re doing: creating white pages with black ink that will either outlive us or burn up into smoke. Ali Montag

MMT proposes that we should understand money as something we use, rather than something we own. The government creates money, spends it into the economy for all of us to use in our daily lives, and mitigates the dangers of excess money or excess accumulation by pulling some of it back out, thus keeping things…

Acknowledge your privilege, be compassionate (to others, and to yourself), and consciously do the best that you can to affect a positive result on any, and every, scale.Google Design