Reuben Runacres

Undergrad of psychology @UTAustin

Researcher + writer, helping you be smarter and more social.

[Reuben Runacres @ReubenRunacres]

Loneliness spreads like a virus.

In this network map of an entire town, each dot represents someone who is either socially connected (yellow) or lonely (green/blue).

Researchers found that loneliness isn’t just personal, but spreads like a disease.
If one person became lonely, their friends were 52% more likely to feel lonely too.

Your emotions don’t exist in isolation. They’re part of a social ecosystem.

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Overall, young people in some countries are more unhappy than their parents for the first time in basically all of history.

This is mostly seen in Canada, Australia, China, and some parts of Europe.

[The Institute for Family Studies @FamStudies]

The recent decline in young adult happiness is concentrated among the unmarried. But fewer and fewer young adults are getting married.

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Other studies have found (particularly female) teachers tend to give boys a lower score unless they don't know the gender of the student they are grading, in which case the grading is equal.

There is sadly a lot of bias in the education system

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The male loneliness epidemic is also not a political issue, but rather a social one.

Both genders tend to view the other side as irrational and even disgusting, which deepens the disconnect.

Unless we come together now, the divide is only going to widen.

[AF Post @AFpost]

Despite broad attempts to lambast young men for the “male loneliness epidemic”, studies continuously show women have become radicalized, not men.

Even conservatives patronize and demand more from young men, all while women offer less and want more.

Follow: @AFpost

[Rob Henderson @robkhenderson]

"people rate fictitious studies showing that men draw better, lie less, or are more intelligent than women as lower in quality, more harmful, and more worthy of being censored than identical studies showing that women do better than men in these domains" https://t.co/bwDDdgTjXV

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@BrandonLuuMD But does cardio make you more likely to get a degree specifically (maybe cause it helps maintain or increase intelligence) or are people who strive to earn more + a degree more disciplined, and therefore more likely to consistently do cardio?

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@SteveStuWill Exciting!!! 😱🥳

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@BrianAtlas Pendulum has swung too far the other way perhaps

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Research is great, but it can make us overthink things.

Sometimes the best solution is the most obvious one, not some secret research discovery.

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@SweetMelissa512 @House_of_Ren89 I think it's due to the monks keeping their own gardens. Snails and rabbits would likely be the garden's common threats, hence the similar drawings of monks fighting snails

After all, monk life is somewhat devoid of things to draw...

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My favorite thing I learned today is that medieval monks drew battles of them fighting rabbits in the margins of their manuscripts.

Can someone tell me why they do this?

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One downside of using AI is that I find I have to do a double take when people send me emails.

AI yaps for so long I often just glance over what it sends, but now I find myself having to not skim over someone's email asking me when I'm free to meet.

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@gtmom I wish you the best on your journey :)

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There's no way to avoid the midlife crisis.

But is there a way to avoid blowing your life savings on a motorcycle?

🧵 below:

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I'm not saying you'll avoid the midlife crisis entirely.

But you can avoid losing your marriage and life savings to a Porsche 911.

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Some of the decline is physical.

That sports car may look awesome in your neighbor’s driveway, but it’s a good sign his only physical activity is opening the car door.

If you stop exercising in your midlife, you'll be more unhappy now and when you're older.

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https://t.co/0mIzNwfbmd

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Windows could save your life.

But it's not just the window: having access to nature is crucial to human wellbeing.

Hospital patients with windows looking at nature recovered faster and needed less pain meds.

And prisoners with a view of nature had lower depression than those looking at concrete/walls.

[Nicholas Fabiano, MD @NTFabiano]

Sitting by a window is associated with significantly improved cognitive performance.

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@robkhenderson It was also found in similar research that the Tinder "economy" was more unequal in it's distribution of wealth (based off likes rather than money) than 95.1% of the world's actual economies: