Saturday, February 11, 2023

There is little evidence of systematic support for wokeness among executives or the population; many firms embrace wokeness because middle managers engage in woke internal advocacy, which may increase their influence & job security

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Foss, Nicolai J. and Klein, Peter G., Why Do Companies Go Woke? (November 23, 2022). SSRN: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4285680 Abstract: ...

Pervasively, not only in seminars: "Each intervention in a seminar is incomplete, and gets things wrong. Each subsequent intervention is also incomplete, and also gets things wrong"

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A Black Professor Trapped in Anti-Racist Hell. Vincent Lloyd. Compact, Feb 2023. https://compactmag.com/article/a-black-professor-trapped-i...

The Shawshank Redemption Effect: In the US, the public's desire for harsh criminal punishment (including capital punishment) has been steadily declining

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Public support for second look sentencing: Is there a Shawshank redemption effect?. Kellie R. Hannan, Francis T. Cullen, Amanda Graham, Cher...

Same race teachers do not necessarily raise academic achievement

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Same race teachers do not necessarily raise academic achievement. Jeffrey Penney. Economics Letters, Volume 223, February 2023, 110993. http...

Rolf Degen summarizing... Almost 60% of the population succumb, at least occasionally, to the "strange face illusion," where their own face can take on strange or even uncanny features

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Strange face illusions: A systematic review and quality analysis. Joanna Mash et al. Consciousness and Cognition. Volume 109, March 2023, 10...
Friday, February 10, 2023

Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition

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Missing Discussions: Institutional Constraints in the Islamic Political Tradition. A. Arda Gitmez, James A. Robinson & Mehdi Shadmehr. N...

TV content shapes attitudes and value orientations conducive to entrepreneurship; there is an intergenerational transmission of an entrepreneurial mindset; a self-sustained entrepreneurial culture can emerge & cause long-lasting effects

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The effects of TV content on entrepreneurship: Evidence from German unification. Viktor Slavtchev, Michael Wyrwich. Journal of Comparative E...

Men were more inclined than women to remain friends with rejected suitors; ultimately, women have to deal with rejecting advances at an early age & this early onset has consequences for future dating

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Repercussions of Rejecting Unwanted Advances: Gender Differences in Experience and Concern. James B. Moran & Rebecca L. Burch. Internati...
Thursday, February 9, 2023

What Drives Sex Toy Popularity? A Morphological Examination of Vaginally-Insertable Products Sold by the World’s Largest Sexual Wellness Company

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What Drives Sex Toy Popularity? A Morphological Examination of Vaginally-Insertable Products Sold by the World’s Largest Sexual Wellness Com...