Jared Keller, Author at Pacific Standard

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Economics

Will We Ever Be Able to Enjoy a Shorter Work Week?

For most individuals in the knowledge economy, limits on daily work hours are irrelevant to economic and mental health. France thinks it may have finally found a solution, but its last efforts were unsuccessful.

Jared Keller

Social Justice

Is Your City Making You Crazy?

Anxiety, mood disorders, and a heightened risk of developing schizophrenia: The psychological problems with urban living. (And some ways to potentially avoid them.)

Jared Keller

Social Justice

A Tale of 2 Dog Shows

What America’s most prestigious dog show tells us about our relationship with our canine companions.

Jared Keller

News in Brief

Why Don’t Americans Seem to Care About Government Surveillance?

Prism and the NSA’s phone tapping programs were supposed to be emergency measures designed to combat terrorism. But what happens when the threat of terrorism is the norm?

Jared Keller

Social Justice

‘The Internet Made Me Do It’: Stop Blaming Social Media for Our Behavioral Problems

At the most fundamental level, all the Internet really does is make it possible for people to share information and ideas faster and more efficiently than earlier modes of communication.

Jared Keller

Social Justice

We Are All Internet Addicts Now—Just Don’t Call It That

New research has many (on the Internet) talking about the evolutionary causes of our "addiction" to the Internet, but it's not an addiction, at least not in the way we're used to applying the label.

Jared Keller

Social Justice

Teens Care About Online Privacy—Just Not the Same Way You Do

Why do teenagers behave the way that they do online, sharing personal information with just about anybody who wants it? Look to the privacy paradox.

Jared Keller

Social Justice

Your Addiction to Dots May Be Helping Your Brain (Sort of)

Research on casual games—games that are quick to access, easy to learn, and require no special knowledge—is ongoing, but early studies suggest that playing them improves skill-specific cognitive functioning.

Jared Keller