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06/25/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Founder of Virtual Reality warns we should all DELETE all social media accounts to avoid “mass human behavioral engineering”

Does social media actually bring people closer together, or is it all an illusion with a much darker purpose? Jaron Lanier, one of the founding fathers of virtual reality, believes social media is a toxic space, serving only to leave people feeling sadder, angrier and more alone. In his new book, Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social […]

01/30/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Obesity is a social thing: Study finds health habits are “contagious” and highly influenced by social groups

Living in communities with high obesity rates may result in eventual onset of excess weight, a study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics revealed. The findings demonstrated that obesity can be contagious, and that exposure to communities with high obesity rates could be detrimental especially among children and teens. The study was carried out by a team of […]

01/19/2018 / By Ethan Huff

Why snowflakes are miserable: Psychologist explains how hardships and adversity give us meaning and perspective, toughen us up

There could be a reason why so many Trump-hating “resisters” are angry and belligerent all the time, beyond just the fact that they don’t like the president. If the perspective of Lowri Dowthwaite, a psychologist from the University of Central Lancashire in the United Kingdom, holds any merit, then the perpetual bitterness of these crybaby […]

12/18/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Former Facebook exec: Social media is “ripping society apart”

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya recently shared his strong views on social media in a speech at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In 2007 Palihapitiya became Facebook’s vice president for user growth. He now feels “tremendous guilt” for building a company that is truly “ripping society apart.” “I think we have created tools that […]

12/09/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Millennial snowflakes now claim that calling them “snowflakes” damages their mental health… which is exactly what snowflakes would say

Seventy-three years ago, boys as young as 17 and 18 years old stormed the beaches of Normandy equipped with nothing but a gun and a helmet, with bullets raining down on them from above. Today, young people crumble like a house of cards at anything and everything that is even the slightest bit offensive. Boy, how far […]

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