September 25, 2021
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There's A Name For That

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Social Justice

How Our Language Evolves

And it's called the euphemism treadmill.

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Economics

The Things You Want Even When They're Pricey

And they're called Veblen goods.

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Social Justice

There's a Name for Why We Give Too Much Weight to the Opinions of Others

And it's called equality bias.

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Social Justice

Why We So Often Fail to Predict What Will Improve Our Future Happiness

And it's called miswanting.

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Social Justice

There's a Name for Why We Retreat and Withdraw From Others Even When We Desire Companionship

And it's called the porcupine problem.

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Environment

There's a Name for Why We So Often Don't Notice Long-Term—and Worrisome—Trends

And it's called shifting baseline syndrome.

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Social Justice

There's a Name for Why the Simplest Questions Sometimes Seem Like They're the Trickiest to Answer

And it's called the Moses Illusion.