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Discussion with Philip Zimbardo, researcher who conducted the Stanford Prison experiment in The Believer. Touches on punishment and responsibility.

Interesting article on how the ability to defer gratification varies and how important a skill or capacity it is:
From Jonah Lehrer’s article on research into self-control in The New Yorker:
“This is where your parents are important,” Mischel says. “Have they established rituals that force you to delay on a daily basis? Do they encourage you [...]

Hmmm some dubious ‘research’ on the link between where people choose to sit and personality:

Forward-minded people tend to sit at the front of the top deck, according to Dr Tom Fawcett of Salford University, the independent-minded in the middle and those with a rebellious streak at the rear.

Reminds me of Jung [...]

Oliver Burkeman on stimulating the intellect | Life and style | The Guardian
But there’s another barrier to iconoclastic thinking: fear. Once you’ve jolted your brain on to a new path of thought, pursuing it further - either in your head or by acting on it - will stimulate the fear of uncertainty, failure or disapproval. [...]