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December 5, 2024 78 mins

The Two Humans take a long, unblinking look at rubbernecking to figure out just what the hell is going on over there!

Episode 68: A Rubbernecker’s Guide to the Universe, OR, I’m Not Staring at You, I’m Staring with You

An Intro to Anthro with 2 Humans

Human Number One, John McCray, and Human Number Two, John Lehr, re-assess what it means to be human.

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Cherry, Kendra

2023   What Is the Negativity Bias?. Very Well Mind, November 13, 2023, www.verywellmind.com/negative-bias-4589618.

 

Finnernan, Kevin

2017   No Time for Rubbernecking. Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Summer 2017), pp. 19-20.

 

Fiske, Susan T.

2011   Envy Up, Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, NY.

 

Keegan, Jon

2023   Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data about You. The Markup, February 16, 2023, themarkup.org/privacy/2023/02/16/forget-milk-and-eggs-supermarkets-are-having-a-fire-sale-on-data-about-you.

 

Kisley, Michael A., Stacey Wood and Christina Burrows

2007   Looking at the Sunny Side of Life: Age-Related Change in an Event-Related Potential of the Negativity Bias. Psychological Science, Sep., 2007, Vol. 18, No. 9 (Sep., 2007), pp. 838-843.

 

Murphy, Jeffrie G.

2003   Getting Even: Forgiveness and Its Limits. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

 

Page, Danielle

2017   The Science Behind Why We Can’t Look Away from Tragedy. Euronews, September 28, 2017, www.euronews.com/2017/11/07/the-science-behind-why-we-cant-look-away-from-tragedy.

 

Rolling Stone

2024   25 Most Influential Creators of 2024. Rolling Stone, August 26, 2024, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/top-social-media-influencers-creators-2024-1235084589/.

 

Smith, Richard H.

2013   The Joy of Pain: Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

 

Wilson, Eric G.

2012   Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can’t Look Away. Sarah Crichton Books, New York, NY.

 

Yong, Ed

2012   What Are You Looking At? People Follow Each Other’s Gazes, But Without a Tipping Point. National Geographic, April 23, 2012, www.nationalgeographic.com /science/article/what-are-you-looking-at-people-follow-each-others-gazes-but-without-a-tipping-point.

 

Thornhill, Ted

2012   Why Looking at a Car Crash Can Be Good for Your Mental Health. Daily Mail, February 22, 2012, www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2104754/Why-looking-car-crash-GOOD-mental-health.html.

 

Vaish, Amrisha, Tobias Grossman, and Amanda Woodward

2008   Not All Emotions Are Created Equal: The Negativity Bias in Social-Emotional Development. Psychological Bulletin, May 2008,134(3): pp. 383-403, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3652533/.

 

Wilson, Eric

2012   Everyone Loves a Good Train Wreck: Why We Can’t Look Away. Sarah Crichton Books, New York, NY.

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