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  • Why People Should Stop Trying to ‘Win’ Arguments

    Why People Should Stop Trying to ‘Win’ Arguments0

    • March 2, 2017

    Here are four characteristics I consistently see in those who are masterful when they participate in an argument: 1) They listen. Before the other person finishes speaking, a lot of arguers are already busy focusing on their counteroffensive. It’s not uncommon for them to silence their foes with a mid-sentence interruption. You can see it

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  • Why People Should Still Study Latin

    Why People Should Still Study Latin0

    Why would anybody bother to study Latin anymore? Its value isn’t readily apparent, which is probably why it has largely dropped out of curriculum in this country. Modern language study is more about which language will get you ahead in your career or help you vacation to other countries. Latin is not likely to help you

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  • Why People Rarely Take the Last Donut at Meetings (But the Coffee Runs Dry)

    Why People Rarely Take the Last Donut at Meetings (But the Coffee Runs Dry)2

    As a professor, I’ve attended many administrative meetings. The one near-constant thing I, and others, have noticed at these meetings is that the coffee always runs out, but at least a small remnant of a donut remains. Why this occurs tells a great deal about how we use social norms to solve pool resource problems

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  • Why People Love (and Hate) Facebook

    Why People Love (and Hate) Facebook0

    You got a problem with Facebook? Go ahead. Think of what it is. Say it loud and proud. It is probably one of the one thousand or so common complaints listed at the book-length Wikipedia page: Criticism of Facebook. It’s been heard before. A thousand times. You get the impression that this must be the

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  • Why People in the UK (and U.S. Media) Should Go Back and Read John Milton’s ‘Areopagitikos’

    Why People in the UK (and U.S. Media) Should Go Back and Read John Milton’s ‘Areopagitikos’0

    In 1559, early in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, England passed the 51st of the Injunctions Concerning Religion, which provided that no book in any language could be published without a license. Naturally, licenses were provided by powerful persons: the queen, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, a handful of select members of

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  • Why People in Hong Kong Have Incomes 5x Higher Than People in China’s Richest Province

    Why People in Hong Kong Have Incomes 5x Higher Than People in China’s Richest Province0

    For two decades, prosperity has followed economic freedom for the most economically free territory in the world: Hong Kong. An island lacking natural resources, Hong Kong was added to the British Empire after the Opium Wars and eventually transformed into a hub of Britain’s China trade. Britain’s 99-year lease on Hong Kong expired in 1997,

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