Hello Mastodon! Time for a proper #introduction.

I'm Shaun, a translator for the solidarity economy.
• Languages: FR/ES/IT/PT/CA > EN
• Focus: Cooperative finance, governance & social theory.
• The Twist: Ex-corporate finance analyst, now translating for the commons.

You can see my work and my new focus here:
https://rootandbranch.online

#translation #SocialEconomy #SolidarityEconomy #cooperatives #anarchism #sociology #degrowth #finance

Hello Mastodon! Time for a proper #introduction.

I'm Shaun, a translator for the solidarity economy.
• Languages: FR/ES/IT/PT/CA > EN
• Focus: Cooperative finance, governance & social theory.
• The Twist: Ex-corporate finance analyst, now translating for the commons.

You can see my work and my new focus here:
https://rootandbranch.online

#translation #SocialEconomy #SolidarityEconomy #cooperatives #anarchism #sociology #degrowth #finance

Social contagion is powerful — here’s how researchers suggest we can build resistance

https://www.psypost.org/social-contagion-is-powerful-heres-how-researchers-suggest-we-can-build-resistance/

#health #mentalhealth #psychology #neuroscience #sociology #socialscience #behavioralscience #socialmedia #socialnetwork #masshysteria #masspsychogenicillness

Social contagion is powerful — here’s how researchers suggest we can build resistance

https://www.psypost.org/social-contagion-is-powerful-heres-how-researchers-suggest-we-can-build-resistance/

#health #mentalhealth #psychology #neuroscience #sociology #socialscience #behavioralscience #socialmedia #socialnetwork #masshysteria #masspsychogenicillness

Next was "Politics at Work" by Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, who looks at how companies to use their employees to bring about political action from multiple angles, bringing together controlled experiments, surveys, macro statistics, and media reports to provide a holistic view of how this activity has evolved over recent decades. Highly recommend

Full review: https://bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/review/8426832/s/an-incredibly-rigorous-examination-of-corporate-political-mobilization-in-the-us#anchor-8426832 (5/6) #politics #work #sociology

Persuasion and the Prestige Paradox: Are High Status People More Likely to Lie?
https://quillette.com/2021/04/03/persuasion-and-the-prestige-paradox-are-high-status-people-more-likely-to-lie/

#sociology #psychology #bias #extremism

Persuasion and the Prestige Paradox: Are High Status People More Likely to Lie?
https://quillette.com/2021/04/03/persuasion-and-the-prestige-paradox-are-high-status-people-more-likely-to-lie/

#sociology #psychology #bias #extremism