If one picks people at random in a village, asks them who their friends are, and then picks a friend at random, the friends should be more central in the village network and be better able to start social contagions of beneficial practices. The adoption curve should be shifted to

As discussed in #BLUEPRINTbook, there may be pathogens that modify human behavior, manifesting a kind of “action at a distance” in an “exophenotype.”

Other demands by protesting students in the past decade have included being paid for their time protesting and having exams postponed or grading suspended. For civil disobedience to be taken seriously, a key point is to accept the consequences.

Eden Yerushalmi was starved. When she was executed by Hamas, Eden weighed just 79 lb (36kg).

Presumably Donald Trump thinks this brave man is a “loser” too. (He is blinking “torture.”)

Professors Colorfully Protest Harvard’s New Campus Use Rules. I don’t think chalk that can be washed away (that doesn’t make a personal threat) and lights shown onto buildings (that doesn’t disturb users of the buildings) should be prohibited. thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…

🚨 FIRE’s 2025 College Free Speech Rankings are out! UVA takes the top spot for the best free speech climate while Harvard University remains dead last for the second year in a row rankings.thefire.org

A remarkable and quick read.

A college that prohibits “mocking” a policy (not a person) simply does not have academic freedom nor understand freedom of expression. Who are these administrative apparatchiks overrunning our universities?

Another incredible discovery at Lendbreen!❤️ We've found a complete arrow, and this one's extra special - it still has remains of sinew and pitch at the front and the fletching at the back! Preserved fletching is extremely rare on ancient arrows (1/3)

NEW: The University of South Carolina required all students to affirm the value of "diversity and inclusion" as part of a mandatory training this summer. Then, when I reached out for comment, USC claimed the training was "optional" despite telling students it was "required."🧵

Five minutes ago the same insecure weirdos who insist straws are gay were manning the barricades to protest bans on plastic straws.

The epidemic of school shootings continues in our society. 'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way…

Advertisers plan to withdraw from X in record numbers: cnn.com/2024/09/05/bus…

"When we’re in the Certainty Trap, we tend to view people who disagree with us as hateful, ignorant, or just plain stupid." Redstone has developed and implemented effective programs to avoid the trap.

How are the brains of people with #depression different? A @nature paper shows that the frontostriatal salience network is expanded nearly twofold in the cortex of most individuals with depression, an effect stable over time and unaffected by mood nature.com/articles/s4158…

Why should this not lead every newscast tonight and looping on cable? Victim and Mom’s own words are important to see

Father of Georgia school murderer told investigators he purchased AR15 gun as Christmas present for troubled 14 year-old son. I know that’s bad parenting, but is it even legal? cnn.com/2024/09/05/us/…