Human Condition

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Research says there are ways to reduce racial bias. Calling people racist isn’t one of them.

  Vox - German Lopez

  In 2016, researchers stumbled on a radical tactic for reducing another person’s bigotry: a frank, brief conversation. The study, authored by David Broockman at Stanford University and Joshua Kalla at the University of California Berkeley, looked at how simple conversations can help combat …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Empathetic people are made, not born, new research suggests

  The Telegraph - By Sarah Knapton,

  Empathetic people are made, not born, new research suggests. The largest ever study into the genetic basis of empathy, suggests that just 10 per cent of the variation between people’s compassion and understanding is down to genes. It means, the vast majority of a person's ability to recognise and …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  So You're Smart, but You're Not Rich? This Eye-Opening New Scientific Study Tells You Why

  Inc Magazine - Chris Matyszczyk

  Could there be a reason? Yes, it seems there could. Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Don't you look at rich people and find too many of them, well, dull? Don't you listen to rich people and think: "What have they got that I …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  Japanese man wins sole custody of 13 surrogacy children

  The Guardian - Daniel Hurst in Tokyo and agencies in Bangkok

  Children were taken into Thai state care in 2014 but will now move to Japan with father A wealthy Japanese man at the centre of a “baby factory” scandal in Thailand has won sole parental rights to 13 children he fathered through Thai surrogate mothers. Mitsutoki Shigeta, 28, reportedly wanted a large …

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  Wynthia Goh

  

  To Change Someone’s Mind, Stop Talking and Listen

  Harvard Business Review - Nilofer Merchant

  The best way to sway others is not to tell them your answer, but to arrive at an answer — together. Listening is the key pathway to go from your idea to our idea. For example, Samar Minallah Khan, the feminist Pakistani anthropologist and filmmaker, listened to tribal leaders, religious experts, legal …