Roy Baumeister
American social psychologist, born 16 May 1953, known for work on the self, self-control, belongingness and free will; taught at Case Western Reserve University from 1979 to 2003, then at Florida State University and the University of Queensland.
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Their wordsBut just in the past couple decades, aging has developed two new dangers. Both have only emerged as a result of fundamental changes in society. In a nutshell, the two new threats are outliving your money, and outliving your brain.
↗Modern Aging Has Two Very New Dangers (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 1st of 2 in this piece
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As people live longer by caring for their bodies, dementia will claim larger and larger numbers
Their wordsWhen most people died before 70, only a small and unfortunate minority got dementia. But now that people take better care of their bodies, such that increasing numbers manage to live until 90 or 100, dementia will claim larger and larger numbers.
↗Modern Aging Has Two Very New Dangers (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsInstead of thinking that one is always right and the other always wrong, perhaps the optimal outcome for a modern democracy is an ongoing alternation in power between the left and the right.
↗Why Do Republicans and Democrats Hate Each Other? (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 1st of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsIn short, the left focuses on redistributing and sharing resources. The right focuses on producing and conserving them. A thriving society needs both of these jobs to get done.
↗Why Do Republicans and Democrats Hate Each Other? (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 2nd of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsBut incentives create inequality–by definition! Inequality is the very purpose of incentives.
↗Why Do Republicans and Democrats Hate Each Other? (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 3rd of 5 in this piece
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Unregulated marketplaces give rise to environmental degradation, exploitation and other problems
Their wordsBut letting the political rightists run things soon creates problems too. Unregulated marketplaces give rise to environmental degradation, exploitation, and other problems.
↗Why Do Republicans and Democrats Hate Each Other? (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 4th of 5 in this piece
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Their wordsHatred and demonization may be well suited to short-term vote-getting and also well suited to social media, but in the long run, I think they do considerable damage to the social fabric.
↗Why Do Republicans and Democrats Hate Each Other? (Psychology Today, Cultural Animal)psychologytoday.com 5th of 5 in this piece
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