“Work-Life Balance” and “Empathizing” Do Not Explain Women’s Career Choices
A viral letter by former Google employee James Damore renewed the conversation about diversity in Silicon Valley.
Commentary
Using Behavioral Science to Redesign the Built Environment
Shouldn’t engineers, planners, and architects like me have contributed to a vastly superior built environment from the one that existed nine centuries ago?
Our Enemies Are Human. That’s Why We Want To Kill Them
To understand why one person would actively desire to inflict suffering upon another, we have to look to a counterintuitive source: human morality.
Rationalizing the “Irrational”
When we examine objectives from an evolutionary biology perspective, we see that what appears irrational might simply be a misunderstanding on our part of what someone’s objectives are.
Looking for Similarities Can Bring Marginalized Groups Together
When African-American NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem in August 2016, he said it was in protest of “a country that oppresses Black people and people of color.”
The Long and Winding Road: 125 years of the American Psychological Association
The road to APA’s 125th year was not a straightforward march of like-minded professionals towards a common goal.