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Do we want to shop or to be free? We'd better choose fast Many people recoil at being told that, like me, they live their life like glorified soldier ants in an army whose purpose is to reproduce a social system over which they have no say. They genuinely feel they follow no fashion and…

Meth in the madness (tags: film class america drugs society television uk addiction) The truth about lying "Just being yourself", if we examine it closely, takes creative effort. Our expression of who we are involves choices that reflect social and interpersonal context, our mood, our personality, our need to maintain our self-image and so on.…

We persuaded five conservative dressers to try getting on trend for a day If I dressed like that every day though, I do think people would take me less seriously, but I'd like to use clothes more as a statement of myself. Tom Wolfe said clothes are a window into a man's soul, but I…

Boredom 'fuels teen alcohol use' When 11 litres of supermarket cider costs less than the price of a Harry Potter ticket, it's no wonder they think alcohol is better value for money (tags: alcohol drinking behaviour teenagers uk) Bruce Handy on Mad Men | vanityfair.com But while the show, like its subject, has many surface…

Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us Crazy | LiveScience "In modern life, our environment is continually activating the brain's stress response," Ilardi said, bombarded as we are by email, tragic news and interpersonal demands. Certain circuits in the brain react to stress as if it is an infection, triggering social withdrawal, inflammation and potentially leading…

How Different Groups Spend Their Day – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com (tags: statistics visualization nytimes graphics Data information design demographics)