Category: Society
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The Scapegoat Theory: Blame Someone for Maintaining Social Order
This can happen in any group, especially when you’re in a toxic social environment. In that dynamic, you may have been unfortunately and unfairly labeled as the “uncontrollable” one. You might have faced exclusion, cruelty, confusion, and a kind of collective gaslighting that has nothing to do with your actual worth. In psychology, group behavior…
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Do It In a Way That People Will Follow
This is a message about leadership for lone wolves (like me): no matter how much you enjoy being on your own, if you’re ambitious enough, you’ll eventually need to learn to work with people. While that requires a whole different skill set, mindset, and, let’s be honest, a specific kind of headache, the deeper issue…
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Irony of Humanaity: The Worst and the Best of People
There’s something corrosive about encountering people who cause real harm. It may not be the ordinary friction of difficult personalities, but the kind of behavior that makes you reconsider your baseline assumptions about others. It doesn’t just hurt, but restructures. The trust in humanity that once felt natural starts to feel like a liability. This…
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Boredom Actually Exists for a Reason
There is a specific discomfort that comes with having nothing to do. Not tiredness or sadness, but something closer to restlessness. Instinctively, we reach for the phone, scroll on social media, scan the room to spot untidiness, put something on in the background, or find a task. If someone asked about it, we would say,…
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Literally Every Generation Thinks The Older Times Are Better
The current wave of nostalgia feels intense. Yet a less flattering description is a picture of the past that selectively carries our wishes. Facilitating with social media and search engines, vintage items are just one hashtag search away to satisfy the urge. The feeling of nostalgia is also perpetuating every generation. It’s not new. Nor…
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