In the last article, we evaluated why people follow the crowd—and when that may or may not be a good strategy for personal decision-making. In that evaluation, we discussed how individuals often look ...
Suddenly, all we hear about is “norms”—norms are here, norms are there, norms are everywhere: norms violated, norms overthrown, norms thrown back in the faces of their normalcy. Not since “Cheers” ...
Sometimes we can end up reinforcing a norm in the course of trying to condemn it. Think about the #MeToo / #TimesUp movements, which aim to expose and put an end to sexual harassment and sexual ...
President Trump this week tweeted his intention to order the Department of Justice to investigate whether the FBI had “infiltrated” the Trump campaign for political purposes. He then met with Deputy ...