Nice oped by Viviana Zelizer about why it's considered so bad to give money as a gift.
Completely bullshit/nonsense lecture that a bunch of professors completely buy and even rate highly! Delivery matters. Content, not so much.
Awesome. And amazing to see this published in PLoS One.
It's like Blex's Page of Good MP3 meets psychiatry! Awesome!
"Just because I don’t care about someone else’s pain, so to speak, doesn’t mean I want to cause more of it. I enjoy living in this society. I understand that there are rules. I choose to follow those rules because I understand the benefits of this world, this house where I get to live, this relationship I get to have. That is different from people who follow the rules because they have to, they should, they want to be a good person. None of those apply to me. I want to live in a world where things function properly. If I create messes, my life will become messy."
This write-up up some pretty awesome longitudinal research has come highly recommended.
"So, while nobody in their right mind would've paid money for Dr. Sbaitso as an actual video game, I credit it with saving my life."
