
Why Is China’s Population Shrinking?
The world’s largest nation is facing a decline in its numbers. Last year, deaths in China outpaced births for the first time since the 1960s. What’s happening to the Chinese population and why? […]
The world’s largest nation is facing a decline in its numbers. Last year, deaths in China outpaced births for the first time since the 1960s. What’s happening to the Chinese population and why? […]
Anonymity plays an important role in people’s behavior and their actions. Unfortunately, in today’s society, which is controlled by social media, anonymity gives rise to various malicious acts such as cyber bullying. […]
Human behavior is governed by what others think about an individual. It is seen that human behavior modifies under social surveillance. There are many instances where it creates a negative impact. However, there are also several positive outcomes. […]
The idea that people act differently when they are aware that they are being observed is known as the “observer effect”. In many instances it can have negative impact. However, it also have some positive effects. […]
Karl Marx believed that capitalism was important for social development. The capitalists not only eliminated scarcity in the society, but also created the possibility of a workers’ revolution. […]
The social structures are helping the human society to flourish. These structures like bureaucracy and legal systems are becoming better at solving the problems that plague us. […]
Joseph Tainter, an American anthropologist, has explained why major civilizations have collapsed. He argues that the overly complex nature of these societies doomed them. […]
At the turn of the 20th century, there was an effort by craniologists and phrenologists to determine intelligence by the size and characteristic bumps on the skull. […]
German philosopher Immanuel Kant divided humans based on the color of their skin. He said that as we scroll down the list, races become less and less intellectually enriched. No doubt, a finer distinction can be drawn between the groups based on this aspect. […]
Although the divisions may be good or bad, we sometimes fragment our community living into social living where the boundaries are created arbitrarily. In fact, this is something that is not actually the part of a real-world itself, but a fiction created by us. […]
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