h/t: Free-Thinking Society of Asheville
See: Joseph Jastrow and His Duck, or is it a Rabbit?
PSYCHOLOGY: “The Role of Unconscious Inferences in Perception” ☮
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SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY (POLL): “Owning Living Beings in a Patriarchal Society” / Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm
(March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980)
German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist“Perhaps the greatest enjoyment is not so much in owning material things but in owning living beings. In a patriarchal society even the most miserable of men in the poorest of classes can be an owner of property—in his relationship to his wife, his children, his animals, over whom he can feel he is absolute master. At least for the man in a patriarchal society, having many children is the only way to own persons without needing to work to attain ownership, and without capital investment. Considering that the whole burden of childbearing is the woman’s, it can hardly be denied that the production of children in a patriarchal society is a matter of crude exploitation of women. In turn, however, the mothers have their own form of ownership, that of children when they are small. The circle is endless and vicious: the husband exploits the wife, she exploits the small children, and the adolescent males soon join the elder men in exploiting the women, and so on” (Fromm 70).
Fromm, Erich. To Have Or To Be?. New York: Harper & Row, 1976 Print.
INTROVERSION: “The Power of Introverts” / TED TALK / Susan Cain
In a culture where being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to be an introvert. But, as Susan Cain argues in this passionate talk, introverts bring extraordinary talents and abilities to the world, and should be encouraged and celebrated.
See book here: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: “The Science of Spanking! A Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Gershoff” / Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux speaks with Dr Elizabeth Gershoff about the latest science on physical punishment and spanking, parenting without spanking – and why it is so important!
INTELLECTUALISM AND PSYCHOLOGY: “Slower Intellects” / “Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives”
h/t: Being Liberal
Psychology Today article: “Why Liberals Are More Intelligent Than Conservatives”
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY: “Ownership in a Patriarchal Society” / Erich Fromm
(March 23, 1900 – March 18, 1980)
German social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist
“Perhaps the greatest enjoyment is not so much in owning material things but in owning living beings. In a patriarchal society even the most miserable of men in the poorest of classes can be an owner of property—in his relationship to his wife, his children, his animals, over whom he can feel he is absolute master. At least for the man in a patriarchal society, having many children is the only way to own persons without needing to work to attain ownership, and without capital investment. Considering that the whole burden of childbearing is the woman’s, it can hardly be denied that the production of children in a patriarchal society is a matter of crude exploitation of women. In turn, however, the mothers have their own form of ownership, that of children when they are small. The circle is endless and vicious: the husband exploits the wife, she exploits the small children, and the adolescent males soon join the elder men in exploiting the women, and so on” (Fromm 70).
Fromm, Erich. To Have Or To Be?. New York: Harper & Row, 1976 Print.
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