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Musings on humans, culture and politics through a social sciences lens written by Katie Jgln.

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  • Want To Topple the Patriarchy? Learn From Female Bonobos.

    Want To Topple the Patriarchy? Learn From Female Bonobos.

    These matriarchal apes can teach us a thing or two about power, alliances, and keeping the peace
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    Jun 11
    Why Gender Norms Nostalgia Is So Dangerous — and So Insanely Potent

    Why Gender Norms Nostalgia Is So Dangerous — and So Insanely Potent

    It’s more than just longing for a past that barely even existed
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    Jun 4
    Just How Many More Successful UBI Trials Do We Need?

    Just How Many More Successful UBI Trials Do We Need?

    Another major experiment, another set of predictable results
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    May 27
    What the ‘Men Are Falling Behind’ Panic Is Really About

    What the ‘Men Are Falling Behind’ Panic Is Really About

    Too often, it’s not about genuinely helping men and boys at all
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    Katie Jgln
    May 20
    How Bias in AI Leads to Inequality on Steroids

    How Bias in AI Leads to Inequality on Steroids

    AI’s perception of reality often mirrors our own biases — only they are projected onto a much larger canvas
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    May 14
    Women Have Always Done Society’s Heavy Lifting — Literally

    Women Have Always Done Society’s Heavy Lifting — Literally

    Although we’ve long ignored their back-breaking labour, and, unfortunately, still do today
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    May 8
    Actually, Today Men Crave Love and Relationships More Than Women

    Actually, Today Men Crave Love and Relationships More Than Women

    On the myth of men’s ‘hardwired’ emotional stuntedness and its damaging consequences
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    May 2
    We Can’t Build a Better Future Without Better Stories

    We Can’t Build a Better Future Without Better Stories

    Hope alone won’t save us. But radical imagination could.
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    Apr 24
    How ‘Pink Tariffs’ and Other ‘Pink’ Costs Keep Holding Women Back

    How ‘Pink Tariffs’ and Other ‘Pink’ Costs Keep Holding Women Back

    And why a world that systematically impoverishes them ends up costing everyone
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    Apr 15
    The Solutions to the ‘Manosphere’ Crisis Need To Go Beyond Phone Bans

    The Solutions to the ‘Manosphere’ Crisis Need To Go Beyond Phone Bans

    Misogynistic radicalisation isn’t driven by technology alone
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    Apr 9
    Why Do We Keep Forgetting That Diversity and Inclusion Make Us Stronger?

    Why Do We Keep Forgetting That Diversity and Inclusion Make Us Stronger?

    History and modern evidence couldn’t be clearer on this
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    Apr 2
    She Revolutionised Statistics. So Why Do We Only Remember Her as a Nurse?

    She Revolutionised Statistics. So Why Do We Only Remember Her as a Nurse?

    Gender stereotypes continue to overshadow women’s true contributions to history
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    Mar 25
    How Goddess Worship Was Suppressed To Give Rise to Patriarchy

    How Goddess Worship Was Suppressed To Give Rise to Patriarchy

    In humanity’s earliest days, God was actually a woman
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    Mar 18
    What if Women Were the True Architects of Human Evolution?

    What if Women Were the True Architects of Human Evolution?

    It’s time to talk about the missing chapters of our origins
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    Mar 6
    Why Blaming Women for Falling Birth Rates Misses the Point

    Why Blaming Women for Falling Birth Rates Misses the Point

    One-dimensional narratives about the ‘underpopulation crisis’ conveniently obscure what’s really going on
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    Feb 27
    Are We Doomed To Be Ruled by (Mostly) Male Assholes?

    Are We Doomed To Be Ruled by (Mostly) Male Assholes?

    The reign of strongmen may feel inevitable, but human history and evolution suggest otherwise
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    Feb 21
    Distraction Is the Whole Point

    Distraction Is the Whole Point

    How the deluge of irrelevant and misleading information keeps us from focusing on what truly matters
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    Feb 17
    Why Even a Few Women At The Top Feels Like ‘Too Many’

    Why Even a Few Women At The Top Feels Like ‘Too Many’

    On gender perception bias and its damaging consequences
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    Feb 10
    How the Feminisation of Work Could Transform Our World for the Better

    How the Feminisation of Work Could Transform Our World for the Better

    Or, at the very least, push back against the devaluation of ‘women’s work’
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    Feb 4
    Why the War on Empathy Is Really a War on Humanity Itself

    Why the War on Empathy Is Really a War on Humanity Itself

    On the growing empathy deficit and its impact on our happiness and collective survival
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    Jan 28
    No One Should Be Surprised That Celtic Britain Was Women-Centric

    No One Should Be Surprised That Celtic Britain Was Women-Centric

    The clues have been there all along
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    Jan 22
    How Inequality Damages Women’s Health in Unexpected Ways

    How Inequality Damages Women’s Health in Unexpected Ways

    The deeper you look, the more pervasive (and frustrating) its impact becomes
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    Jan 17
    Who Really Profits When Misogyny Goes Viral?

    Who Really Profits When Misogyny Goes Viral?

    It’s certainly not women or most men
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    Jan 14
    What if You Put Your Phone on ‘Do No Disturb’ Mode Forever?

    What if You Put Your Phone on ‘Do No Disturb’ Mode Forever?

    Shutting out digital noise can do more than just declutter our home screens
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    Jan 7
    Closing the Curtain on 2024

    Closing the Curtain on 2024

    A year of The Noösphere in review, some personal updates, and what’s ahead
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    Katie Jgln
    Dec 20, 2024
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