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Again, it seems that being able to identify that someone comes from the same small community as you is more important than anything else.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Csíkszentmihályi developed the idea of “psychological capital,” or what he terms “paratelics.” When Ed Diener, a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois, measured the world according to Csíkszentmihályi’s paratelic factors, he discovered something so “shocking,” he says, it must be true. These paratelic factors—“I can count on others,
... See moreChris Hedges • Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
almost by accident rather than design.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
Tim Urban • A Story of Stories
James Currier • Network Bonding Theory: Grow Your Startup By Making It A Network
and social capital—was first set out in 1983 by the French sociologist, anthropologist,
Catherine Hakim • Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom
In my experiment, the strongest predictor of which dorm dwellers rose to the top within the first week of arriving at college, and which ones remained there through the year, was enthusiasm.