E1073 - #1073 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 19 Uncomfortable Truths About Human Nature

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer.

Gurwinder is one of my favourite X follows. He’s written yet another megathread exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It’s fantastic, and today we go through some of my favourites.

Expect to learn what the Oxytocin paradox is, why anxiety is now the most common mental-health condition in the world and why the Rumpelstiltskin Effect might be to blame, the reason why 20% and 40% of undergraduates at many elite American universities are now registered as disabled, what AI will...