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Why are we suckers for Astrology, the Myers-Briggs, and other shaky psychology tests?
Issue 119: Our hot take on phony personality tests and zodiacs
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How to talk about climate change and the problem with doomerism
Issue 107: We conducted one of the largest experiments ever on climate change behavior — with advice from MythBusters' Jamie Hyneman
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How to keep your New Year's Resolutions
Issue 100: The psychology of why people fail to achieve their New Year's Resolutions & how to keep yours + we share our own resolutions for 2024
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How to talk about climate change and the problem with doomerism
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How to create new norms in groups
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The secret to a long life: social connection!
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Achieving Work-Life Balance in an Era of Burnout
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How to write a popular science book (part II): The Auction, Writing, and Promotion
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The Paradox at the Heart of the Olympics
Issue 129: While cooperation and competition might seem like opposites, the Olympics are a timely reminder that healthy competition is rooted in…
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How to get the most out of your vacation
Issue 126: Why it's better to be a Traveler, not a Tourist on your next vacatiion
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The Power of Winning and the Appeal of Underdogs
Issue 124: Why winning increases identity and why underdogs have a unique appeal
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Our book "THE POWER OF US" is on a huge sale today (it's 73% off)!
This is the biggest discount we’ve ever seen it listed for on Amazon so we wanted to share the deal before is disappears
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How to write a popular science book (part III): A sneak peak at our original book proposal
Issue 118: We share a summary and PDF of our original book proposal (simply click the PDF link at the end of this newsletter).
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Summarizing key lessons from THE POWER OF US
Issue 114: This week we share summaries of our entire book in 10 slides (subscribers can download these summaries as a PDF)
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