A college golfer saying "I'm proud of you" to Tiger Woods A young PhD saying "I'm proud of you" to Nobel winner Sound odd. Seems "I'm proud of you" reserved mostly for ppl senior to/older than recipient. Ppl also seem to dislike hearing it from juniors or ppl in same position

The Sopranos is about American decline, evident in the outcomes of the young male characters Jackie Aprile involved in organized crime, botches a robbery, ends up dead Chris Moltisanti hooked on drugs, drives while intoxicated & murdered AJ suffers depression & panic attacks

Generally, conservatives are more worried about boys than girls in the US. Personally, conservatives are more worried abt their sons than their daughters Generally, liberals are more worried about girls than boys in the US. Personally, liberals are more worried about their sons pic.twitter.com/lyLWoqHkJ2

Albert Hirschman writes that the U.S. owes its existence to millions choosing to relocate elsewhere rather than express discontent with the surrounding social order, and that this is a fundamental part of American national character pic.twitter.com/pzQjVO1CL1

Bertrand Russell in 1932: "University life is so different from life in the world at large that men who live in an academic milieu tend to be unaware of the pre-occupations of ordinary men and women" harpers.org/archive/1932/1…

Language games and the euphemism treadmill -Vocabulary is like fashion; it must be periodically updated to signal status -Luxury belief: An action is stigmatized because of its label. Not the action itself. Calling a serial killer a saint will remove the stigma from his actions twitter.com/APStylebook/st…

From The Lessons of History (Durant) pic.twitter.com/9rQPn0sdKa

The psychological toll of playing Tony Soprano amzn.to/3x1PZHw pic.twitter.com/jX2ZLVZppl

Women are more vigilant about mate guarding (closely monitoring partner to prevent infidelity) if their husbands are wealthy and less vigilant about mate guarding if their husbands are physically attractive amzn.to/3smQSH0 pic.twitter.com/tlYLvaEMRa

"Man's Search for Meaning...over 20 years later, the book's ethos—meaning, the value of suffering, and responsibility to something greater than the self—seems to be at odds with our culture, which is more interested in the pursuit of individual happiness" theatlantic.com/health/archive…

@robkhenderson @ryanburge Few more decades until a trustless society then. >_>

Kahneman on psychopathic charm amzn.to/2NzsMui pic.twitter.com/nYyATqDWq2

Greater levels of stress, worry, and anxiety are associated with lower levels of happiness but higher levels of meaning "People with very meaningful lives worry more and have more stress than people with less meaningful lives." scottbarrykaufman.com/wp-content/upl… pic.twitter.com/1c6Za5axgq

"In their same-sex friends, men and women prioritized personality and social intelligence. In their opposite-sex friends, however, men placed greater value on attractiveness, whereas women placed greater value on economic resources and physical prowess" sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pic.twitter.com/DhWxu4btrx

More than 60% of women & men say it would count as sex if their partner had oral contact with someone else's genitals But only about 40% say it would count as sex if they themselves had oral contact with the genitals of someone other than their partner amzn.to/3n72eha pic.twitter.com/cArfQ2ySLe

Why going to a play is a status symbol but going to the cinema is not www2.southeastern.edu/Academics/Facu… pic.twitter.com/vE3PmO53SR

What's the matter with Kansas? From Keith Stanovich's excellent new book "The Bias That Divides Us" pic.twitter.com/cyKNPEcxFz

"What do you think is more important in life?" Do things that give you personal satisfaction/pleasure: Very liberal: 66% Moderate: 49% Very conservative: 33% To work hard and do what is expected of you: Very liberal: 31% Mod: 49% Very conservative: 65% cato.org/publications/s…

David Chase, explaining (or not explaining) the ending of The Sopranos pic.twitter.com/Ei59YuidEo

Erving Goffman, author of "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life," writes that activities that take a long time to learn and don't earn money are often used as a class symbols. Cultivation of "good taste," expensive sports, hobbies, foreign languages, interest in art, etc. pic.twitter.com/nob1S7M5X6

Recently spoke with @helytimes about 1999 movies. The Matrix, Office Space, Fight Club, American Beauty...Season 1 of The Sopranos. White collar/suburban guys who felt spiritual emptiness. Do Eyes Wide Shut and Cruel Intentions fit this theme?

@RobertGreene @sapinker @CeliaHeyes @AnnieDuke @amychua @RobertCialdini @mattwridley @NAChristakis @SteveStuWill Sex, Power and Partisanship amzn.to/2QcMNE0 “primates lower on the hierarchy have a fitness incentive to adopt political philosophies that seek to right power imbalances..those same primates also have an incentive to revert to a hierarchical order once they assume power” pic.twitter.com/kQLOeo1LLY

Apologies are admissions of guilt. Against Tony's advice, Ralph apologizes for unkind remark he made about Johnny Sack's wife. Ends badly. Johnny "Oh so you're apologizing?" Ralph "If that's what it takes." Johnny "Well why would you apologize, I thought you didn't say it?" pic.twitter.com/GR64J5HHFE

Fast food menu: "Hamburger" Mid-tier chain restaurant: "Wood-fired sizzled USDA grade beef on our house made sesame bun" Upscale chic restaurant: "Hamburger"

The universality of 'Rags to Riches' 📚The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker pic.twitter.com/U8H04jRjtQ

Explicit rules allow regular people to play the game Implicit rules filter out those not “in the know” Simple example: Dress codes Lack of dress code means only those with insider knowledge understand which attire is appropriate The others mark themselves as outsiders twitter.com/Alephwyr/statu…

"authentic living does not require rejecting external influence...In fact, situational acceptance of external influence was more often related to an increased, rather than decreased, sense of authenticity" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100… pic.twitter.com/tu1a4Dzs4g

David Chase (original family name was David DeCesare) on victimhood and The Sopranos: pic.twitter.com/sM4rO5Fs8S

Paul Meehl, who wrote a landmark book in 1954 about how statistical models are superior to human judgment, was also a practicing psychoanalyst with a picture of Freud hung in his office. Meehl also insisted "there is something to telepathy." amzn.to/3xJVY3P pic.twitter.com/EfVWrg7YEr

Some studies found that 66% of foster children aged 13 to 17 are on at least one psychiatric medication. Suggests that the best predictor of having a mental health condition — better than family history, better than genetics — is being a foster child.