It would be interesting to compare the rankings in this survey against an equivalent one which instead of asking about each accent by name played audio clips without naming them. When you ask by name… (View Post)

Lots of good stuff here, but especially this -- people have very different reactions to high uncertainty. Some of the academic work on risks picks out varying 'archetypes' -- in the absence… (View Post)

This sounds like the script for an Alex cartoon... (View Post)

I've often thought that it's unfortunate that modern society doesn't offer many options for living not-alone: there's "find a romantic partner and live with them", share… (View Post)

I agree that some of the online shift will unwind, where people were forced into it and didn't much like it. But some of it will stay, where people were forced into trying it and found that for … (View Post)