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  • Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats

    Pet Owners Want To Be Masters, Not Servants – Which Is Why We Value Dogs More Than Cats0

    Cat videos may rule the internet, but dogs possess mastery of their owners’ hearts – at least if spending is any guide. Dog owners spend US$240 a month caring for their pets, compared with $193 for cats, according to the 2017-2018 National Pet Owners Survey from the American Pet Products Association. The extra money goes primarily toward vet visits

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  • Perfection Comes at a Price in Latest Adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’

    Perfection Comes at a Price in Latest Adaptation of Austen’s ‘Emma’0

    The latest film adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic “Emma” is a visual feast of color, pattern and texture. It’s also a bit too perfect. The colors are too vibrant, the skin too clear, the homes too opulent, the landscapes too gorgeous, the fabrics without any stain or wear. Every frame of director Autumn de Wilde’s

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  • People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

    People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others3

    One of my more memorable exchanges with a student came in a principles of economics class. Part of the assignment for that week was chapters from Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist. Ridley compared the living standards of an average worker today with those of The Sun King, Louis XIV, in 1700. Some of my more ahistorical students

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  • People with Depression Use Language Differently – Here’s How to Spot It

    People with Depression Use Language Differently – Here’s How to Spot It0

    • February 6, 2018

    From the way you move and sleep, to how you interact with people around you, depression changes just about everything. It is even noticeable in the way you speak and express yourself in writing. Sometimes this “language of depression” can have a powerful effect on others. Just consider the impact of the poetry and song

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  • People with Creative Personalities Actually See the World Differently

    People with Creative Personalities Actually See the World Differently0

    What is it about a creative work such as a painting or piece of music that elicits our awe and admiration? Is it the thrill of being shown something new, something different, something the artist saw that we did not? As Pablo Picasso put it: Others have seen what is and asked why. I have

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  • People Still Prefer Working for Men

    People Still Prefer Working for Men0

    One of the stereotypes I frequently hear is that working for a male boss is preferable to working for a female boss.  But is that sentiment widely shared? Statistically speaking, both men and women prefer working for male bosses, though the percentage who do has declined over the years. Interestingly, according to Gallup, women have

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