The Threat of Boredom Is a Call to Action
We typically try to avoid boredom. But in trying to outrun boredom, we risk failing to heed its call.
Society
How Racism Shapes My Habits
Behavioral scientists love to talk about habits—creating more of the good ones, overcoming the bad. But the context is usually self-improvement, not self-preservation. Here’s a different perspective on habits.
Selected Links: Police Violence, Protests, and Racial Injustice
Selected articles that help shed light on the behavioral features of the police violence and protests occurring across the United States and around the world.
Black Lives Matter: Now What?
If you find yourself asking what you can do to spark change and help prevent the next George Floyd murder, my advice is: start engaging in positive deviance.
We Have a Rare Opportunity to Create a Stronger, More Equitable Society
If things return to the way they were, we will have failed.
Self-actualizing in the 21st Century: A Q&A with Scott Barry Kaufman
In his newest book, psychologist Scott Barry Kaufman updates Abraham Maslow’s famous hierarchy of needs for the twenty-first century.