Comedian Tony Hawks explains that co-operation and altruism are the cornerstones of human culture, and that the greater the inequality in any society, the worse the levels of education, health, creativity and trust. Having established that doing good actually feels good, his suggestion is that we all go and rescue billionaires by democratically ( Read more... )

I love Danny Dorling's work. And this article's a great example of it.

English education policy is based on a nasty little theory

Underlying education policies in England is the misguided idea that only a few children are clever and that the rest are less valuable, argues Prof Danny Dorling


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Could Our Deepest Fears Hold the Key to Ending Violence?

Feelings of fear and powerlessness are driving the cycle of violence that surrounds us. To change that, we need to recognize that we need each other to thrive as individuals.
Document Actionsyrances Moore Lappé

posted Apr 18, 2013

In his book Violence, psychologist James Gilligan asked a ( Read more... )

The blurb from TED on this video runs thus:

"Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how "power posing" -- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident -- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact ( Read more... )

A 4/5-hour working day makes huge sense in terms of efficiency, productivity, economic stability, social equality and cohesion, use of resources, better decision-making, mental and physical health and child care, education, creativity and innovation, environmental sensitivity, lowering crime, and a host of other reasons.

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Originally posted by bobby1933 at Hooray for the U.K.'s Mass Observation Day

elaine4queen - mass observation day is this saturday

Thanks to e4q

No its not when everybody goes to church
or (as Elaine says) when we spy on one another.
Its when everyone who chooses to
tells the world who they are and what they are doing
and whether this day is typical for them.
Its not ( Read more... )

The implications of the research cited in this article are huge. 
Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity
One hundred fifty years of research proves that shorter work hours actually raise productivity and profits -- and overtime destroys them. So why do we still do this?

March 13, 2012  |  

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So there was rioting and looting in London and Birmingham.

Always the poorest neighbourhoods that get hit, always the poorest areas trashed, their facilities destroyed, leaving them falling ever further behind in the struggle for a decent life. We should know this - after all, summer riots are a grand old British tradition, though, for some reason ( Read more... )

Orangutans use mime to make themselves understood
Videos show apes released back into the wild make mimicking gestures to convey information or as a trick

Ian Sample, science correspondent
The Guardian, Wednesday 11 August 2010

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