The Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting
https://www.happiness.hks.harvard.edu/february-2025-issue/the-friendship-recession-the-lost-art-of-connecting
https://www.happiness.hks.harvard.edu/february-2025-issue/the-friendship-recession-the-lost-art-of-connecting
The Leadership & Happiness Laboratory
The Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting — The Leadership & Happiness Laboratory
February 2025 Issue Carolyn Bruckmann, Harvard Kennedy School MPP ‘25 The so-called “Friendship Recession” is making its way into the vernacular—a profound shift in how Americans experience and sustain friendships. The data paints a stark picture.…
Health risks of a sedentary lifestyle and how to make changes
https://www.healthpartners.com/blog/health-risks-of-sedentary-lifestyle/#:~:text=The%20exact%20definition%20of%20a,movement%20in%20their%20daily%20life.
https://www.healthpartners.com/blog/health-risks-of-sedentary-lifestyle/#:~:text=The%20exact%20definition%20of%20a,movement%20in%20their%20daily%20life.
HealthPartners Blog
Health risks of a sedentary lifestyle and how to make changes | HealthPartners Blog
Learn what a sedentary lifestyle is, the signs and risks of inactivity, and how to make healthy changes.
"The Mind in the Wheel" lays out a new foundation for the science of mind
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/new-paradigm-for-psychology-just
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/new-paradigm-for-psychology-just
Experimental-History
New paradigm for psychology just dropped
OR: the ideas your mother warned you about
Sorry, grads: Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out
https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/silicon-valley-white-collar-recession-entry-level/
https://sfstandard.com/2025/05/20/silicon-valley-white-collar-recession-entry-level/
The San Francisco Standard
Sorry, grads: Entry-level tech jobs are getting wiped out
New grads are being increasingly excluded from a job market that prefers automation and more seasoned workers.
Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students
When a University’s SEVP certification is revoked, currently enrolled international students must choose between transferring to a different institution, changing their immigration status, or leaving the country, according to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website.
http://archive.today/SnNBv
When a University’s SEVP certification is revoked, currently enrolled international students must choose between transferring to a different institution, changing their immigration status, or leaving the country, according to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement website.
http://archive.today/SnNBv
archive.ph
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International …
archived 22 May 2025 17:46:37 UTC
If you are useful, it doesn't mean you are valued
https://betterthanrandom.substack.com/p/if-you-are-useful-it-doesnt-mean
https://betterthanrandom.substack.com/p/if-you-are-useful-it-doesnt-mean
Substack
If you are useful, it doesn’t mean you are valued
The difference can be subtle
Ben Franklin effect
The Ben Franklin effect is a psychological phenomenon in which people like someone more after doing a favor for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin_effect
The Ben Franklin effect is a psychological phenomenon in which people like someone more after doing a favor for them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin_effect
Wikipedia
Ben Franklin effect
psychological phenomenon
being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
https://maalvika.substack.com/p/being-too-ambitious-is-a-clever-form
https://maalvika.substack.com/p/being-too-ambitious-is-a-clever-form
Substack
being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
on starting, doing, being, and becoming.
Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45073589
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45073589
Famous cognitive psychology experiments that failed to replicate
https://buttondown.com/aethermug/archive/aether-mug-famous-cognitive-psychology/
https://buttondown.com/aethermug/archive/aether-mug-famous-cognitive-psychology/
A shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity
Have a project in mind that you’ve always wanted to tackle but it never made sense to you to do it because it would never be used by anyone else or it would never make you any money? Do it anyway, build it, tinker with it, learn from it. Who cares if you can’t ship it to the masses, who cares if it’s useless. Make it, create something from nothing, just because you can.
https://dayvster.com/blog/dev-culture-is-dying-the-curious-developer-is-gone/
Have a project in mind that you’ve always wanted to tackle but it never made sense to you to do it because it would never be used by anyone else or it would never make you any money? Do it anyway, build it, tinker with it, learn from it. Who cares if you can’t ship it to the masses, who cares if it’s useless. Make it, create something from nothing, just because you can.
https://dayvster.com/blog/dev-culture-is-dying-the-curious-developer-is-gone/
Dayvster
Dev Culture Is Dying The Curious Developer Is Gone
From tinkerers to metric seekers: How the shift in developer culture is impacting innovation and creativity.