What is phubbing? Ignoring someone for your phone. An ad agency invented the word in 2012 to sell a dictionary, and the real research found something else.
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What Is Emotional Intelligence? Same Words, Two Needs
What is emotional intelligence? The 4 skills psychologists named, signs to look for, what it is not, and an old story that shows all four in one afternoon.
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Catch-22 Meaning: The Rule That Was Never Written Down
Catch-22 meaning: a trap where the only way out is blocked by the rule itself. Where Heller got it, why 22, and the twist in the novel that changes the phrase.
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Prisoner’s Dilemma: Why the Strategy That Forgives Wins
The prisoner’s dilemma, explained simply: why the simplest program won the famous contest, and why programs that forgave even more often did better still.
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Saudade Meaning: The Longing That Came Before the Ships
Saudade meaning: the Portuguese word for missing someone who may never come back. The story says the sailing ships made it. The dates say it came first.
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Worried Technology Will Make Your Job Obsolete? 27% Are
A record 27% of workers now worry technology will make their job obsolete. Gallup’s own numbers say something more interesting than the headline does.
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Open Dialogue Trial: Fewer Hospital Stays, Same Relapses
The first Open Dialogue trial cut psychiatric admissions sharply but did not reduce relapse. The social networks it was built on never measurably grew.
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Does Winning the Lottery Lead to Divorce? It Depends Who Won
Does winning the lottery lead to divorce? A study of 76,859 Swedish players found men married more, women divorced more for two years. The reason is freedom.
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What Is the Shema? The Prayer Jesus Started With
What is the Shema? It is the prayer Jesus quoted first in Mark 12:29, and Matthew leaves its opening line out. Here is what that missing line asks of you.
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Greek Word for Prayer: What Does “Proseuche” Really Mean?
What does proseuche really mean? A word study of προσευχή (Strong’s G4335), the Greek word for prayer: a wish turned toward God, traced from a riverside place of prayer to a prison at midnight in Acts 16.