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Research: Psychopaths and narcissists are among crypto’s biggest fans Study shows how ‘dark’ personality traits affect Bitcoin enthusiasm The dark tetrad In psychology, the “dark tetrad” refers to a group of four personality traits. These are Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy (together known as the “dark triad”), plus sadism. They are called “dark” because of their “evil” qualities: extreme selfishness and taking advantage of others without empathy. The dark tetrad are also often related to risk-taking behaviors....

Research: The Great Resignation has not improved the career paths of workers Some got better pay, but others are coping with high inflation and minimal wage growth The rise in resignations There was indeed a great resignation in the UK, according to the data. The chart below shows that resignations rose sharply from the end of 2020 and significantly exceeded their pre-pandemic levels in the final quarter of 2021. However, this is not because workers decided to abandon work and leave the labor force....

Research: You might think Twitter is a hellhole, but its memes are surprisingly wholesome Feral hogs We look closely at two memetic moments in particular. The most popular was the “30–50 feral hogs” meme, which started after a weekend of mass shootings in the United States in August 2019. In response to the shootings, and in particular the role of automatic assault rifles in the events, the musician Jason Isbell tweeted:...

Research: You might think Twitter is a hellhole, but its memes are surprisingly wholesome Feral hogs We look closely at two memetic moments in particular. The most popular was the “30–50 feral hogs” meme, which started after a weekend of mass shootings in the United States in August 2019. In response to the shootings, and in particular the role of automatic assault rifles in the events, the musician Jason Isbell tweeted:...

Researcher banned from Facebook beseeches Congress to regulate social media Laura Edelson wants greater transparency Facebook ads Facebook said that it banned the researchers due to concerns about their browser extension. The tool,called Ad Observer, allows users to voluntarily and anonymously share information about adverts they see. The data revealed that the archive of political ads that Facebook provides to researchers is missing more than 100,000 adverts. The information also showed there are several ad categories that the social network has deliberately excluded from this archive....