Dishonesty As a Global Currency

• In-group: Assuring that you’re on the helper’s team and the team’s importance taps into our need to belong to and perpetuate supportive social circles. 
• Positive identity: Creating or enhancing their recognition that they are uniquely placed to provide assistance and th...

• We need to ask ourselves if a certain friendship is even worth resuscitating, or if one of us has moved on to such an extent that we really don’t recognize the person any more.
• The circumstances of growing apart also matter. If it was betrayal or a falling out, the process of getti...

Laughter, a positive, contagious and heartwarming expression can be scary sometimes. This phenomenon is due to our fears, which stem from a misalignment in what we see and what our expectations were.

If laughter sounds sinister, out of context or out of tune with what is happening (like a ...