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What social rejection teaches your brain -- USC News
 USC study explores how we learn from social acceptance and rejection.
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Editor's Note: When participants adjusted their beliefs about how much others valued them, areas linked to social rejection were activated. In contrast, acceptance triggered the ventral striatum, a region associated with reward learning from money, praise or other positive experiences.
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WorkWorkIn South Korea, a Blueprint for Resisting Autocracy? - The New Yorker (No paywall) On Saturday evening, a week and a half after South Koreas President, Yoon Suk-yeol, declared martial law and deployed soldiers outfitted for war against citizens and lawmakers in his own country, the National Assembly voted to remove him from power. Two-thirds of the legislative bodyincluding at least twelve members of Yoons partyvoted in favor of impeachment, as more than a million Koreans surrounded the parliamentary complex, in Seoul, chanting, singing K-pop, and waving glow sticks and signs (Arrest Yoon Suk-yeol for treason!) in the shivering cold. Historically, politics has followed the public square, Lee Chang-geun, an autoworker and union organizer who travelled from another province to attend the demonstration, told me. This has been a dangerous situation, but I believe in the Korean democracy, in the basic functioning of the system.
WorkHeart Failure May Soon Be Reversible with New Gene Therapy In what may represent a new frontier in treating one of the world's deadliest chronic conditions, researchers have developed a gene therapy that appears to reverse heart failure--restoring the heart's pumping power and dramatically improving survival rates, at least in a large animal model. WorkThe 5 Best Leadership Summits To Attend In 2025 The rate of change is changing. Nothing will ever be the same. For this reason, CEO's and senior leadership in every industry are well served to attend a leadership summit where they can learn to act amid chaos rather than get stuck because of it. WorkWorkDo job titles matter in tech? During the hiring process, a candidate didn't negotiate his salary but asked for a higher title. (Staff engineer instead of Senior). I was surprised and tried to understand why. Unfortunately, yes, they do matter in many instances. WorkBuilding an AI Assistant for Legal Citations The Bluebook-- hauntingly familiar to every lawyer--has always been the gold standard for legal citations. Yet if you've ever navigated its pages, you know it's dense, intricate, and not exactly designed for the digital era. WorkThe Arc of Innovation Bends toward Decadence For years, people have bemoaned the sorry state of innovation. Compared with the great inventions of the industrial era, the inventions of our own time seem pathetic. In today's Sunday Rerun, I offer a different take: We're as innovative as ever, but the focus of innovation has shifted. WorkDonald Trump can run for a third term in 2028, Steve Bannon suggests The top Trump ally appeared to reference the wording of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which states, "No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice." Bannon said Republican lawyer Mike Davis, who was reportedly in line for the role of attorney general, noted that the Constitution does not specify whether this applies only to consecutive terms. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkThe tale of two Shanghais As an adolescent, I used to be obsessed with skyscrapers. I made daily visits to the Skyscraper City forums, eagerly waiting for progress photos as supertall skyscrapers went up around the world. Shanghai is the largest of the many major cities concentrated around the Yangtze Delta. WorkOwen Hatherley, Bulgarian Dreams -- Sidecar Just outside Sofia's city centre sits a high-rise concrete hotel, visible from many directions silhouetted against Mount Vitosha, the hulking mountain on the outskirts of the Bulgarian capital. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkIs Americas opioid epidemic finally burning out? - The Economist (No paywall) Standing in the bitter cold outside the DeCoach Recovery Centre, a drug treatment clinic on the edge of an ocean of car parking in Hamilton, Ohio, Scott Weaver explains where his life went off track. First, he says, about ten years ago he was in a car wreck. I started taking pills, he explains, but I wasnt hooked on them at that time. WorkSouth Korea's Impeachment Crisis Strains Its Alliance with the U.S “Washington couldn’t have asked for a better ally and partner than the Yoon government,” said Duyeon Kim, a fellow with the Center for a New American Security. “Until we know who South Korea’s president is, the U.S. just lost a key partner at the leader level whose personal conviction aligns with Washington’s values and approach to regional and global issues, particularly when dealing with authoritarian states.” WorkOpinion | A Mild Defense of Lara Trump Once up a time, the best way for a woman to make it to either chamber of Congress was as the freshly minted widow of a member who died in office. Since the 1930s, seven women have been appointed to serve out the Senate terms of their late husbands, according to the Center for American Women and Politics. Over on the House side, 39 women have won special elections to succeed their late husbands. And we’re not talking ancient history. In 2021, Julia Letlow won a special election to fill the seat of her spouse, who died of complications of Covid-19 just days before being sworn in. WorkWorkWorkWorkNetanyahu says he held a??friendlya?? talks with Trump over Syria and Gaza hostages The Israeli military said the three Gaza City houses belonged to militants planning imminent attacks. It said steps were taken to reduce risk to civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance. The IDF issued a photo showing the weapons it seized in Beit Lahiya that included explosives and dozens of grenades. In Beit Hanoun, the IDF said it struck dozens of militants from the air and on the ground and captured others. WorkWorkThis stealthy African stablecoin startup already processed over $1B in cross-border payments | TechCrunch Like other platforms issuing or using stablecoin technology, Juicyway has had to acquire money transmitter licenses to operate – in its case, across the U.S., the U.K., Canada and Nigeria – given the regulatory ambiguity surrounding crypto and stablecoin issuance and usage globally. Over the next few years, the three-year-old fintech might acquire similar licenses in other African countries as it looks to become the platform where Africans and those doing business on the continent can easily convert African currencies to local ones and back. WorkRevisiting 19th-century Paris with VR | TechCrunch Anthony Ha is TechCrunch’s weekend editor. Previously, he worked as a tech reporter at Adweek, a senior editor at VentureBeat, a local government reporter at the Hollister Free Lance, and vice president of content at a VC firm. He lives in New York City. |
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