The invisible algorithms running human interaction. Short reads on how people actually work. The Benjamin Franklin Effect Want someone to like you? Don’t do them a favor. Ask them to do YOU a favor. Counterintuitive. Proven. The story: Benjamin Franklin had a rival in the Pennsylvania legislature who disliked him. Franklin didn’t try to win him over with kindness. Instead, he asked to borrow a rare book from the man’s library. ...
At 3:15 AM on March 13, 1964, a young woman named Kitty Genovese was attacked outside her apartment building in Queens, New York. She screamed for help. The attack lasted over 30 minutes. According to The New York Times, 38 people witnessed the attack from their apartment windows. Not one called the police during the assault. Kitty Genovese died. The story shocked America. How could 38 people watch someone being murdered and do nothing? ...
My uncle is intelligent, educated, and successful. He runs a business, reads extensively, and can hold sophisticated conversations about history, economics, and technology. He also believes: COVID-19 was created in a lab as a bioweapon The 2020 election was stolen A global elite controls world events through secret organizations Vaccines contain tracking microchips Climate change is a hoax to implement global government When I try to discuss evidence, he responds with: ...