- A sense of choice makes us feel good about ourselves - but less empathetic toward others.
- Americans are getting more self-absorbed, as evidenced by pop music.
- Inequality makes us distrust each other - and recession makes us all distrust the government.
- Studying science doesn't make us believe any less in god.
- The best predictor of average IQ among US states? Infectious disease.
- More evidence that we're altruists not just to our kin - but to our closest social ties.
- Team mentality may not be good for politics, but it could help our personal well-being.
- Another reason (not) to have low self-esteem - nobody wants to hang out with you.
- Distrust of "others" goes far back in humans - all the way to Macaques.
- We haven't entered the pure echo chamber yet: events are still the main drivers of news (more so than advocacy groups and the government).
- College makes us better citizens, but less so for rich kids.
- Explaining a paradox: why collectivist societies are more apt to bribe.
- We vote for the good looking guy - especially if we watch TV and aren't politically active.
- The effect of political ads are short-lived.
- Leaders have to be just like everyone else - and have that vision thing.
- Evidence that politicians are more partisan than their constituents.
- Yup, we tend to watch and believe media we agree with - but we're are also persuaded by other viewpoints.
- Beware the worm! Simulcasting political debates and real-time public reaction distorts our political choices.
- Do you pick your party based on issues - or do you pick your issues based on party? Not clear.
- We don't like money in politics - but we're unwilling to pay for campaigns ourselves.
- We may actually learn something from political ads.
- Likely losers and online news users are less prone to confirmation bias.
- Reporters follow their leaders.
- Politicians taking credit for whatever they can.
- Europeans don't pay attention to pesky policy positions either.
And what I ran into along the way:
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