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Solitude and Independence: Study Reveals Key Differences
A study shows how language choices affect how people experience solitude.
Psychologies · 1m
Pas de souci reveals personality trait
People who always say 'pas de souci' often have a strong need for social harmony.
Psychologies · 1m
ABC Wordage quiz: rank slang by age
Test your knowledge of when cool, bogus and meh entered English.
Abc · 1m
AI and the death of listening
As Australians speak less each year, AI threatens our deepest cultural loss: the ability to truly hear one another.
the Guardian · 2m
AI experts sound uncertain but need better storytellers
AI researchers often hedge their answers but must learn to communicate clearly to avoid being drowned out by confident but shallow claims
Substack · 1m
MNEK Releases 'Bulldozer!!' Album
MNEK's sophomore album 'Bulldozer!!' channels his self-referential creativity after Language's commercial underperformance.
Billboard · 1m
Call it me time, not isolation
A new study finds the words you use for time alone change how that time actually feels.
Psychologies · 1m
Stop calling yourself an artisanal programmer
A word swap turned careful, hand-written code into a hobby, and the people who care lost the title of engineer.
Purplesyringa · 2m
Swearing might mean you're smart
Two studies say a foul mouth signals a bigger vocabulary and a smaller appetite for lying.
Psychologies · 1m
The 10 phrases that give away emotional exhaustion
Burnout rarely announces itself, but a handful of throwaway sentences tend to slip out first.
Psychologies · 1m