Philip Zimbardo, psychologist who led Stanford prison experiment, dies at 91

Philip Zimbardo, psychologist who led Stanford prison experiment, dies at 91

The study, aborted because of concern for participants, made Dr. Zimbardo one of the best-known and most controversial psychologists of his era.

Key trend to watch: desertion from Ukrainian forces reached 51,000 soldiers this year (Jan to Sept). That's more than 2x numbers from all of 2023. Exhaustion, absence of clear discharge rules (i.e. you join, you stay indefinitely), poor rotation polices all to blame www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/w...

A Soldier Chose a Radical Way to Publicize Troop Fatigue: He Deserted

Serhii Hnezdilov, a Ukrainian soldier, said he wanted to draw attention to the need to discharge worn-out soldiers and replace them with fresh conscripts.

Weekend reading: I wrote about Donald Trump’s closing pitch to the American people: Rage, intimidation, and vengeful violence.   He is threatening – or promising, if you ask his supporters – fascism. No more plausible deniability for anyone who refuses to see the threat. This week’s piece:

Donald Trump, American Fascist

Trumpism is what a specifically American, twenty-first century version of fascism looks like. And in November, fascism is on the ballot.

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I dag er den internasjonale dagene for avskaffelse av fattigdom. Norad legger frem statusrapport om tilstanden. Den viser: - 700 millioner ekstremfattige - vil ta over hundre år å nå målet om avskaffelse (som altså skal skje innen 2030) - fattigdom må prioriteres www.norad.no/aktuelt/nyhe...

Verden på feil kurs: Stagnasjon i kampen mot ekstrem fattigdom

For andre år på rad viser nye tall fra Norad at det er stillstand i fattigdomsutviklingen. Verden er nå fullstendig ute av kurs til å nå FN-målet om å utrydde ekstrem fattigdom innen 2030.

Best headline ever. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

3 Immigrants To America Win 2024 Nobel Prize In Economics

Three immigrants to America won the 2024 Nobel Prize in economics, illustrating continued contributions by immigrants to the United States.

PUBLICATION DAY ‼️📚 OK, this book is a GAME CHANGER! Many scholars “Bridge the Gap" and brief policymakers, and many policymakers seek out research and evidence… There was no concrete ethical guidance on how to do this… UNTIL NOW! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

It's Kharkiv, September 1, 2024. A house destroyed by the russians and a child left without parents... Our dear partners in arms, please authorize Ukraine to strike at russian military targets from which such deadly attacks are being carried out! #LetUkraineStrikeBack

It sounds dumb but I think it is genuinely hard to understand: all this incredible reorganization of American society—the subservience of an entire political party, the fracturing of reality/elevation of the most absurd lies, the sheer concept of presidential immunity—all that for THIS fucking guy?It sounds dumb but I think it is genuinely hard to understand: all this incredible reorganization of American society—the subservience of an entire political party, the fracturing of reality/elevation of the most absurd lies, the sheer concept of presidential immunity—all that for THIS fucking guy?

This from edyong209.bsky.social‬ also turns out to be great advice for social scientists using social media.