My talk at NEEPS 2025 on the evolutionary psychology of breaking deals. What a great conference this year. NE Evo Psych Society youtu.be/YVTLVWHMF6o?si…

"It was not until a full 30 months after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that slaves were finally fully freed across the US. Think about that." Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin…

“…modern public education is mismatched from ancestral forms of learning in a host of different ways. The stress and difficulty that so many of our children experience in the public schools may well follow from this enormous mismatch.” My newest. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin…

Got questions about studying Psychology? Or careers in the field? Over 3 decades of experience and winner of an Advising Excellence award from the international NACADA. Subscribe to my Substack, The Human Condition, and ask away. Happy to help guide. open.substack.com/pub/glenngeher…

So here is the problem. The majority of us want paradigmatic change. This point applies across the board. Party-Line (status-quo) Dems who are not thrilled with Zohran are working against our shared future. #TheTimesTheyAreAChanging #workingfamiliesparty

"...Further, the opposite of socialism, found in the most brazen forms of capitalism, seems to lead to major fiscal inequality which tends to amplify poverty and all the horrors that come along for the ride." open.substack.com/pub/glenngeher…

Happy 4th to all who celebrate. In the words of Abraham Lincoln (vis the Gettysburg Address), this is a country founded on the premise of: -of the people -by the people-for the people -for the people Notice the lack of caveats. Surely intentional.

The US poverty rate is over 18%.* This rate is higher than the rate of dozens of other nations; including many nations that lean more socialistic. Examples: Vietnam, Morocco, Canada, Belarus, and Kazakstan. Let's fix this. *World Population Review worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankin…

"At the end of the day, many of us want loving and successful intimate relationships. The experience of love is a cross-cultural reality (see Fisher, 1993). And finding true love is something that should be absolutely treasured." My newest. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin… Psychology Today

Aww, thank you for this repost, Adam! I like the attachment-based framing, btw!

Thanks for the repost!

"(poverty leads to): Low access to high-quality education, physical healthcare, mental healthcare, healthy foods, opportunities for exercise. And more. Way more." "fiscal inequality and poverty are...strongly intertwined." open.substack.com/pub/glenngeher…

At the end of the day, many of us want loving and successful intimate relationships. Here's what we need to keep in mind, explains Glenn Geher psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin…

Right now at Trinity College, Dublin. When they say the rest of the world is laughing at the US, I think this is what they mean.

“…next time…someone in your world seems to be in pain…, helping that person out can go a long way in providing that person with needed assistance. Bonus: You're likely to foster your relationship with that person as part of the process.” Psychology Today psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwin…

I am ethnically Jewish. This does not mean that I think Israel should engage in killings of innocent people. It does not mean I support the occupation of Gaza. Jewish history tells about the horrors of being killed or displaced based on ethnicity. “Never again” applies to all.

What an honor to be in the lead article in the current issue of Psychology Today (print edition). The section I wrote is "Born to Strive"; here's a line: "Yet, right now, in 2025, an explosion of technology promises to heighten the evolutionary mismatch" psychologytoday.com/us/articles/20…

From my Substack, The Human Condition. "What is the purpose of life? Sure, moving toward self-actualization may well be part of it. But let's not forget community-actualization along the way." glenngeher.substack.com/p/why-self-act… Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman ⛵ NE Evo Psych Society Positive Psychology