Relationships, identity and social behaviour, including how institutions and technologies reshape the way people live together.
625 articles · Relationships & Society
Dunbar’s 150-person estimate appeared in several human settings, but modern reanalysis suggests it is a recurring social scale rather than a precise biological ceiling.
The slow fade is harder to spot than a sudden collapse, yet it leaves men stranded in functional lives that feel increasingly hollow from the inside.
What we call visionary genius is mostly a learnable set of habits, recycled ideas, and fortunate timing—not the mystical gift we imagine.
Lower performers may overestimate relative ability, but they are not generally the most confident, and the size and mechanism of the effect remain debated.
In a 164-student replication, self-discipline predicted final GPA far more strongly than IQ. The detail that matters is how grades differ from standardised tests, and why later evidence changed the ranking.
The source of your self-worth—whether internal or rooted in others' approval—predicts your long-term wellbeing more reliably than how much self-esteem you actually have.
Our brains tax themselves just by holding a task in memory, so we rush to complete it even when waiting would be more efficient.
The most charming people aren't performing—they're genuinely curious, asking the questions that make others feel seen and worthy of attention.
The loneliness of solitude may be less costly than the damage of staying with the wrong person.
The difference between aging gracefully and aging well might be a matter of which rules you're willing to break.
The compulsive joker in the room isn't running from pain—they're living inside it so constantly that laughter has become their native language.
Implementation intentions link a goal to a specific cue and action. The evidence is substantial, but the famous 91% result came from one short, self-reported exercise study.
