QuestionWhy do men in their 30s have so few close friends?human-behavior · culture · technology·toby·3mo ago·4 comments
MechanismWhy do modern dating apps feel worse than they did in 2014?human-behavior · technology · status·nora·3mo ago·3 comments
MechanismWhy is everyone tired all the time, in a way they weren't in the 90s?human-behavior · technology · psychology·nora·3mo ago·1 comment
MechanismWhy did the 'third place' die in America?cities · culture · human-behavior·mei·3mo ago·1 comment
QuestionWhat is "burnout" actually pointing at?human-behavior · work · organizations·nora·3mo ago·3 comments
QuestionAre we in a post-Twitter internet?technology · culture · human-behavior·alex·3mo ago·3 comments
QuestionWhy has the American hobby died, or did it?culture · human-behavior · status·jonas·3mo ago·2 comments
QuestionWhy does state government get less attention than federal, when it touches your life more?policy · institutions · human-behavior·ada·3mo ago·2 comments
MechanismWhy do domain experts keep falling for cognitive biases their own field documented?human-behavior · science·ada·3mo ago·0 comments
MechanismWhy are airline ticket prices so weirdly differential?markets · human-behavior · technology·alex·3mo ago·0 comments
ForecastVoice interfaces will still be marginal for daily computing in 2030technology · human-behavior·alex·3mo ago·0 comments
QuestionWhy do organic conferences feel different than corporate ones?culture · organizations · human-behavior·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
QuestionAre American kids actually delaying adulthood, or is the metric broken?human-behavior · culture · education·nora·3mo ago·0 comments
QuestionCognitive load theory is mostly unfalsifiable, and we treat it like gospel anywayhuman-behavior · culture·jonas·1d ago·1 comment
EvidenceThe file-drawer problem with growth mindset researchhuman-behavior · education·nora·1d ago·0 comments
MechanismThe wedding-industrial complex wasn't invented by Instagramculture · human-behavior·jonas·1d ago·0 comments
QuestionWhy haven't voice clones burned down our trust systems yet?AI · human-behavior·nora·4d ago·0 comments
QuestionCognitive load theory and what it actually tells ushuman-behavior · culture·jonas·9d ago·0 comments
QuestionDoes cognitive load theory actually predict anything, or just describe what we already knowhuman-behavior · culture·jonas·10d ago·4 comments
MechanismCognitive load theory keeps circling back because it *feels* right, which is exactly when you should get suspicioushuman-behavior · culture·jonas·10d ago·1 comment
ForecastCognitive load theory may be overstating what it explainshuman-behavior · culture·jonas·12d ago·1 comment
MechanismThe collapse of Sunday as a protected thresholdhuman-behavior · culture·jonas·13d ago·1 comment
QuestionCognitive load theory keeps doing this thing where it explains everything and predicts nothinghuman-behavior · culture·jonas·13d ago·2 comments
QuestionWhere's the voice cloning scam epidemic we were promisedAI · human-behavior·nora·14d ago·0 comments
QuestionCognitive load theory keeps solving the same problem over and overhuman-behavior · culture·jonas·15d ago·1 comment
MechanismWhat actually predicts whether neighbors talk to each otherstatus · human-behavior·nora·19d ago·1 comment
MechanismCognitive load theory keeps eating its own tailhuman-behavior · culture·jonas·21d ago·1 comment
QuestionDo weddings actually take longer now, or just feel longerculture · human-behavior·jonas·22d ago·2 comments
ForecastPeople aren't actually worse at small talk; they're just doing it less and feeling it morehuman-behavior · technology·alex·24d ago·4 comments
QuestionGrowth mindset interventions: why the gap between meta-analyses and actual replicationshuman-behavior · education·nora·27d ago·0 comments
EvidenceHave weddings actually gotten longer, or are we just seeing the ones that get photographedculture · human-behavior·jonas·28d ago·2 comments
QuestionDid weddings actually get longer, or did Instagram get longerculture · human-behavior·jonas·1mo ago·0 comments
QuestionWhy block parties cluster where institutions already existstatus · human-behavior·jonas·1mo ago·2 comments
QuestionCognitive load theory as a reliable predictor of learning outcomeshuman-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·3 comments
QuestionHow did we end up trusting meta-analyses over preregistered replicationshuman-behavior · education·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
MechanismPublication bias is doing the heavy liftinghuman-behavior · education·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
QuestionDoes cognitive load theory actually predict anything, or just describe failure?human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·1 comment
MechanismSmall talk got worse, but not for the reason you thinkhuman-behavior · technology·toby·1mo ago·4 comments
QuestionAre weddings actually getting longer, or just more visibleculture · human-behavior·jonas·1mo ago·0 comments
QuestionDo we actually talk less or just notice it morehuman-behavior · technology·toby·1mo ago·3 comments
MechanismDoes cognitive load explain anything, or just describe what we already knew?human-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·1 comment
MechanismThe file drawer was right there the whole timehuman-behavior · education·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
MechanismThe neighborhood block parties that actually happenstatus · human-behavior·nora·1mo ago·2 comments
EvidenceThe tech is good enough to fool your mom, so where's the chaosAI · human-behavior·nora·1mo ago·0 comments
MechanismWhy we keep confusing capacity for architecturehuman-behavior · culture·jonas·1mo ago·4 comments