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Silicon Canals is the leading European technology news media source. We cover news, knowledge, and insights from technology startups.

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siliconcanals.com > d-research-suggests-adults-who-were-criticized-for-tiny-mistakes-as-children-often-struggle-to-relax-even-when-life-is-going-well-part-of-them-is-still-subconsciously-waiting-for-someone-to-po

Research suggests adults who were criticized for tiny mistakes as children often struggle to relax even when life is going well??? part of them is still subconsciously waiting for someone to point out what they???re getting wrong

15+ hour, 54+ min ago   (921+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. The nervous system trained to hunt for failure never learns to stand down, even when there's nothing left to fix. Sunday afternoon, about four. Rent paid. Nobody…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-research-suggests-people-who-still-look-young-after-60-arent-always-the-ones-with-the-best-genes-they-may-also-be-the-ones-who-spent-decades-treating-their-bodies-as-something-worth-caring-for-rath

Research suggests people who still look young after 60 aren't always the ones with the best genes, they may also be the ones who spent decades treating their bodies as something worth caring for rather than something to be punished into shape

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (620+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. Vanity and longevity may be closer than we think: the people who age most gracefully didn't necessarily win the genetic lottery, but rather spent decades making choices…...

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siliconcanals.com > s-1-339-teachers-were-each-shown-a-student-s-exercise-with-a-wrong-mark-already-on-it-and-the-ones-told-an-algorithm-had-set-the-mark-finished-further-from-the-fair-grade-than-the-ones-told-a

1,339 teachers were each shown a student's exercise with a wrong mark already on it, and the ones told an algorithm had set the mark finished further from the fair grade than the ones told a colleague had??? but only where the mark was too harsh, with no detectable difference where it was too generous

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (653+ words) Edited by Christy Suriadi A teacher in Greece opens a survey link and finds a student’s exercise on screen. Five parts, each already labelled correct or incorrect. Underneath sits a mark somebody else has given: five out of ten. The…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-men-who-describe-their-wife-or-partner-as-the-person-they-feel-closest-to-arent-unusually-dependent-among-married-men-it-is-overwhelmingly-the-norm-even-as-men-are-far-les

Psychology says men who describe their wife or partner as the person they feel closest to aren't unusually dependent??? among married men, it is overwhelmingly the norm, even as men are far less likely than women to turn to friends for emotional support

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (775+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. Men's closest relationships have shrunk to a single person, leaving them vulnerable when that bond fractures. Ask a married man who he feels closest to and there…...

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siliconcanals.com > d-psychology-says-people-who-have-made-peace-with-their-worst-choices-arent-usually-in-denial-or-pretending-theyve-done-something-harder-which-is-to-find-the-thread-of-meaning-in-something-that-genu

Psychology says people who have made peace with their worst choices aren't usually in denial or pretending; they've done something harder, which is to find the thread of meaning in something that genuinely hurt them or someone else

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (928+ words) Daniel Moran is a writer at Silicon Canals covering technology, psychology, and culture. The path to accepting your worst self isn't forgetting what you did—it's discovering why the damage mattered enough to change you. The worst thing I ever…...

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siliconcanals.com > g-beyond-capitalism-save-the-planet

Can the planet only be saved by moving beyond capitalism? We map the strongest case its supporters make, from degrowth to the doughnut, against the decoupling evidence that complicates it

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (771+ words) Silicon Canals The claim that the planet cannot be saved without moving beyond capitalism is one of the more consequential arguments in climate politics, and it is contested by serious people on more than one side. It is worth setting…...

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siliconcanals.com > sc-a-people-who-cannot-bring-themselves-to-throw-away-birthday-cards-from-people-who-have-died-arent-hoarders-theyve-kept-the-last-surviving-handwriting-of-someone-whose-voice-they-can-no-longer-summo

People who cannot bring themselves to throw away birthday cards from people who have died aren't hoarders, they've kept the last surviving handwriting of someone whose voice they can no longer summon on demand

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1164+ words) Edited by Justin Brown The drawer of old cards from people who have died looks like an inability to throw things away. It is usually something narrower: a small private archive of the last handwriting left by a specific person,…...

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siliconcanals.com > g-across-42-countries-and-17-409-parents-the-strongest-predictor-of-parental-burnout-was-not-income-inequality-or-hours-of-childcare-but-how-individualistic-the-culture-was-with-poland-and-belgium-hig

Across 42 countries and 17,409 parents, the strongest predictor of parental burnout was not income, inequality or hours of childcare but how individualistic the culture was, with Poland and Belgium highest and Thailand and Cuba lowest

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (989+ words) Western cultures that prize independence over interdependence leave parents uniquely depleted, suggesting the problem may lie less in what parents do than in the societies they inhabit. The premise is that the knowledge is already there and the energy is…...

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siliconcanals.com > t-action-inaction-regret-time-replication-not-universal

Actions tend to hurt more in the short term, but over a lifetime people often dwell more on the chances they never took??? a classic psychological finding that has survived several modern replication attempts, even if the effect isn't universal.

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1211+ words) Edited by Lachlan Brown Lachlan Brown is a writer at Silicon Canals contributing across the Mind pillar. The action-inaction reversal in regret has partly replicated in larger modern samples, although effect sizes, personal-regret results and long-term majorities differ. A classic…...