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Behavior and Belief

Vsauce · 3 min read

Uncertainty doesn’t just make people uneasy—it pushes them to invent explanations that restore a sense of control. In “Behavior and Belief,” Michael...

Superstitious BehaviorOperant ConditioningPlacebo Effects

Aldous Huxley and Brave New World: The Dark Side of Pleasure

Academy of Ideas · 2 min read

Aldous Huxley’s warning about “pleasurable diversions” functioning as political control lands with new force: comfort, drugs, sex, and constant...

Brave New WorldOperant ConditioningSoma

Most People Have Quietly Given Up, and No One's Noticed | Aldous Huxley

Pursuit of Wonder · 3 min read

Aldous Huxley’s central warning is that modern societies can lose freedom, depth, and truth not through censorship or brute force, but through...

Aldous HuxleyBrave New WorldPsychological Conditioning

The Addict in Us All: How Smartphones are Creating a Population of Addicts

Academy of Ideas · 3 min read

Smartphones, the internet, and social media are becoming addictive not because users are “weak-willed,” but because these platforms are engineered to...

Behavioral AddictionSmartphone DesignIntermittent Reinforcement

Your Brain Is FRIED - Here’s What To Do About It

Better Than Yesterday · 3 min read

Modern digital platforms are engineered to hijack attention through unpredictable rewards, leaving many people mentally exhausted and unable to...

Attention EngineeringIntermittent ReinforcementDigital Habits