Archive - The Power of Us

December 2024

2024 in Review: Our most popular columns of the year

Issue 149: Revisiting our most read newsletters from 2024

Dec 31, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

How others can help you keep your New Year's Resolutions

Issue 148: Running clubs, why people fail their New Year's Resolutions & how to keep yours + we share our own resolutions for 2025

Dec 23, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Why is the Self-Help Industry so Selfish?

Issue 147: Scott Barry Kaufman explains why the self-help industry is focused on the wrong things for creating a rich life and a healthy society

Dec 17, 2024 •

Scott Barry Kaufman

What Ben Shapiro got wrong about the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting

Issue 146: Why CEO Brian Thompson's assassination triggered conversations about class solidarity in the U.S.

Dec 10, 2024 •

Why polarization is bad for our health

Issue 145: Connecting beliefs about public health policies to partisan identities has likely killed thousands of people—we explain why it's dangerous

Dec 6, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

November 2024

Imaginary Enemies

Issue 144: People dislike their political opponents for views most don't actually hold (and a Thanksgiving/Black Friday 20% discount on on paid…

Nov 26, 2024 •

Steve Stewart-Williams

Navigating an awkward Thanksgiving after the election

Issue 143: Five tips for navigating politically polarized holiday gatherings

Nov 19, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

How The Cultural Instincts That Divide Us Can Help Bring Us Together: An Interview about Tribalism with Michael Morris

Issue 141: Why Tribalism is not always a cause of division

Nov 12, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

Debunking Popular Psychology Myths #4: Milgram's Obedience Experiments

Issue 140: We discuss the myth of obedience in Stanley Milgram's shocking experiments

Nov 5, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

October 2024

The Psychology of America's Dangerous Divide: An Interview with Keith Payne

Issue 139: Why the psychology of identity is the root of political polarization

Oct 22, 2024 •

Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel

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