People told to punch a bag while thinking about who made them angry ended up angrier than people told to do nothing at all — sitting still beat “healthy venting” outright, in the same experiment, on the same scale
The generation everyone calls the most narcissistic in history is, according to 546,225 people tested across four decades, measurably the least narcissistic in 40 years — and the decline got steeper after the 2008 financial crisis, not slower
People told to punch a bag while thinking about who made them angry ended up angrier than people told to do nothing at all — sitting still beat “healthy venting” outright, in the same experiment, on the same scale
The generation everyone calls the most narcissistic in history is, according to 546,225 people tested across four decades, measurably the least narcissistic in 40 years — and the decline got steeper after the 2008 financial crisis, not slower
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