Tag: Psychology
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Building Identities Faster Than Character
Social media made identity construction instant and public. But character still forms slowly. This essay examines the growing gap between the two — and what it costs. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Psychological Comfort of Constant Activity
Why does stillness feel so uncomfortable? Explore the psychology, neuroscience, and social forces behind our need for constant activity — and what the discomfort of quiet might reveal. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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How Social Media Trained Us to Experience Life as Content
Social media may have changed more than behavior. Through years of attention-driven reinforcement, it may have trained many people to experience life through the anticipated gaze of an audience. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Economics of Looking Successful
On performing success before achieving stability There is a specific kind of pressure that settles over people in their twenties and thirties — a pressure not just to succeed, but to appear to be succeeding. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Reproducibility Challenge in Science
How failed replications in psychology and biomedicine sparked a reproducibility crisis, and the reforms—preregistration, open data—built to fix it. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
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The Science of Habit Change
How reinforcement learning and basal ganglia circuitry explain why habits become automatic — and what the science says about changing them. Read More
Written by Khali Sollis
