Reuben Runacres

Loneliness spreads like a virus. In this network map of an entire town, each dot represents someone who is either socially connected (yellow) or lonely (green/blue). Researchers found that loneliness isn’t just personal, but spreads like a disease. If one person became lonely, their friends were 52% more likely to feel lonely too. Your emotions don’t exist in isolation. They’re part of a social ecosystem.

Overall, young people in some countries are more unhappy than their parents for the first time in basically all of history. This is mostly seen in Canada, Australia, China, and some parts of Europe.

Other studies have found (particularly female) teachers tend to give boys a lower score unless they don't know the gender of the student they are grading, in which case the grading is equal. There is sadly a lot of bias in the education system

“Teachers are more lenient in their marking of girls' schoolwork, according to an international study. An OECD report on gender in education, across more than 60 countries, found that girls receive higher marks compared with boys of the same ability.”

The male loneliness epidemic is also not a political issue, but rather a social one. Both genders tend to view the other side as irrational and even disgusting, which deepens the disconnect. Unless we come together now, the divide is only going to widen.

"people rate fictitious studies showing that men draw better, lie less, or are more intelligent than women as lower in quality, more harmful, and more worthy of being censored than identical studies showing that women do better than men in these domains" swiftpress.com/book/a-billion…

@BrandonLuuMD But does cardio make you more likely to get a degree specifically (maybe cause it helps maintain or increase intelligence) or are people who strive to earn more + a degree more disciplined, and therefore more likely to consistently do cardio?

Scientists measured cardiovascular fitness in 1.2 million 18-year-olds, then followed them for 10-36 years. The fitter they were, the more likely they were to: 1) score higher on intelligence tests 2) earn a university degree 3) reach a higher-status job Do your cardio.

@SteveStuWill Exciting!!! 😱🥳

On plane to UK to publicise my new book!

@BrianAtlas Pendulum has swung too far the other way perhaps

A study done on 361,645 job applications in almost 30 countries over the last 40 years discovered the hiring bias in society is actually against MEN, not women.

Research is great, but it can make us overthink things. Sometimes the best solution is the most obvious one, not some secret research discovery.

it’s funny because this is genuinely the best approach Simply not thinking about stressful situations makes you less stressed

@SweetMelissa512 @House_of_Ren89 I think it's due to the monks keeping their own gardens. Snails and rabbits would likely be the garden's common threats, hence the similar drawings of monks fighting snails After all, monk life is somewhat devoid of things to draw...

@ReubenRunacres @House_of_Ren89 do you know why? Thought your history knowledge might extend to this 😀

My favorite thing I learned today is that medieval monks drew battles of them fighting rabbits in the margins of their manuscripts. Can someone tell me why they do this?

One downside of using AI is that I find I have to do a double take when people send me emails. AI yaps for so long I often just glance over what it sends, but now I find myself having to not skim over someone's email asking me when I'm free to meet.

@gtmom I wish you the best on your journey :)

@ReubenRunacres my first midlife crisis car was a Mazda Miata and the second was a Mini Cooper, I just turned 40 and am working up to the big guns

There's no way to avoid the midlife crisis. But is there a way to avoid blowing your life savings on a motorcycle? 🧵 below:

I'm not saying you'll avoid the midlife crisis entirely. But you can avoid losing your marriage and life savings to a Porsche 911.

Some of the decline is physical. That sports car may look awesome in your neighbor’s driveway, but it’s a good sign his only physical activity is opening the car door. If you stop exercising in your midlife, you'll be more unhappy now and when you're older.

Windows could save your life. But it's not just the window: having access to nature is crucial to human wellbeing. Hospital patients with windows looking at nature recovered faster and needed less pain meds. And prisoners with a view of nature had lower depression than those looking at concrete/walls.

@robkhenderson It was also found in similar research that the Tinder "economy" was more unequal in it's distribution of wealth (based off likes rather than money) than 95.1% of the world's actual economies:

Among men who use the dating app Hinge, 10 percent of male users receive 60 percent of the "likes." If you look at Tinder, there was a 2019 study showing that men swiped right on about 60% of female profiles. In other words, most men were willing to like the majority of women they saw. Women, by contrast, swiped right on only about 4% of male profiles. That lines up with what we see in everyday life. Men are generally more open to casual sex and less selective at the outset, while women tend to be more selective and more cautious. For many single men, the default mindset is something like: I would probably sleep with her unless there is some reason not to. For many women, it is the reverse: I probably would not sleep with him unless there is some particular reason why I should. Men tend to look for green flags. Women tend to scrutinize for red flags. I remember a conversation in graduate school with a female friend that made this especially clear. She worked at a café, and there was a guy who came in every day for coffee. They would chat a little each time, and she told me, “I’m just waiting for him to ask me out.” I said, “Why don’t you just ask him out?” She looked at me like I was insane. She said, “Are you crazy? No matter how much I liked a guy, I would never ask him out.” At the time, I laughed and thought, fine, fair enough. But later I realized how revealing that was. You would almost never hear a man say the equivalent: “There’s this woman I see every day, I really like her, but no matter how much I liked her, I would never ask her out.” If a man said that, the obvious response would be: then you’re probably going to be single forever.