by jmalouff | Apr 7, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior
You may have read about the man in India who is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. He wants $1 in damages. This man is an antinatalist — someone who believes that it is wrong for humans to reproduce. A friend of mine is also...
by jmalouff | Apr 7, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Organizational Psychology, Problem solving, Social psychology, Work
I learned about bullies at the same time I learned about algebra. When I reached six feet tall in year 9, schoolyard bullies stopped bothering me. I enjoyed life without bullies. Little did I know that bullying would return to my life in the workplace. The first time...
by jmalouff | Apr 6, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Positive psychology, Well-Being
You have heard of a bucket list? This is a list of what a person wants to do before kicking the bucket. No one knows the source of the expression “kicking the bucket.” One possibility is that it comes from the Middle-Ages execution of individuals who had to stand on...
by jmalouff | Apr 4, 2019 | Human Thinking and Behavior, Personality, Positive psychology
When Aldi opened a grocery store in my home town, Armidale, a few years ago, I wanted to be its first customer. So I arrived at the store 70 minutes before opening time. I reckoned that other people with the same goal would show up 60 minutes before opening time. I...
by jmalouff | Mar 9, 2019 | Social psychology
Radical change can lead to great improvements. We see those improvements mostly with technological changes, such as the Internet, cell phones, search engines, and all kinds of medical advances, including gene therapy and 3-D printed body parts. People tend to...