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The Activism Cure

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Greater Good - By Meredith Maran - Jun. 21 (Special Report) - Philosopher-physician Albert Schweitzer once said, "The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve." Kate Hanni, 48, a real estate broker in Napa, California, is living proof—emphasis on living. On June 21, 2006, she was lured to a million-dollar home by a man who'd posed as a home buyer, then attacked her when she arrived. For 25 minutes he beat, stabbed, and tortured her, then left her on the floor to die. "My hair was torn out," Kate says. "The skin on my hands and knees was gone. But worst of all, so was my dignity and my sense of safety in the world."

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The Daddy Brain

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Greater Good - By Jeremy Adam Smith - Jun. 21 (Special Report) - Moms aren't the only ones whose bodies change after having a baby. Jeremy Adam Smith reveals the new science of fatherhood. Gopal Dayaneni is a stay-at-home father in Oakland, California. He still recalls the first time he gave a bottle to his six-week-old daughter, Ila. "I sat down with her in a rocking chair," he says. "She totally took the bottle, right up against my body, comfortable and warm. She looked up at me and I was so taken with her."

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Ten 2008 Tips for Raising Happy Kids

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Greater Good - By Christine Carter - Jan. 11 (Review) - Some of the most irritating things our kids do (whining and tattling come to mind) are nothing more than bad habits, and as we all know, bad habits are tough to break! Science has shown that people who are successful in making changes do it in 5 very specific stages.

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Look Twice

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Greater Good - By Susan T. Fiske - Aug. 03 (Review) - Most people think they're less biased than average. But just as we can't all be better than average, we can't all be less prejudiced than average. Although the message--and the success so far--of Barack Obama's presidential campaign suggests an America that is moving past traditional racial divisions and prejudices, it's probably safe to assume that all of us harbor more biases than we think. Science suggests that most of us don't even know the half of it. A 20-year eruption of research from the field of "social neuroscience" reveals exactly how automatically and unconsciously prejudice operates. As members of a society with egalitarian ideals, most Americans have good intentions. But new research suggests our brains and our impulses all too often betray us. That's the bad news.

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The Power Paradox

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Greater Good - By Dacher Keltner - Mar. 12 (Special Report) - Guided by centuries of advice like Machiavelli's and Greene's, we tend to believe that attaining power requires force, deception, manipulation, and coercion. Indeed, we might even assume that positions of power demand this kind of conduct--that to run smoothly, society needs leaders who are willing and able to use power this way. As seductive as these notions are, they are dead wrong. Instead, a new science of power has revealed that power is wielded most effectively when it's used responsibly, by people who are attuned to and engaged with the needs and interests of others. Years of research suggests that empathy and social intelligence are vastly more important to acquiring and exercising power than are force, deception, or terror.

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