The Horizons Tracker

MAY 26, 2024

Traditionally, game theorists posit that cooperation rests on theories of reciprocity, and therefore our confidence that if we cooperate with others, they will do likewise with us. In the early days of file-sharing platforms, the platforms would often state how many other users were currently sharing files in a bid to bolster this social proof. The problem was, often these stats were not entirely accurate.

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HR Digest

MAY 26, 2024

Being a good mentor is not easy because no one really teaches you how to teach someone. There are many different ways to approach mentorship and every individual seeking a mentor requires something different. Despite the differences, there are some general considerations that all mentors could benefit from, mentorship best practices that continue the chain of influence and support from your career to the next.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 26, 2024

People like getting bad news often, even if it’s not very accurate, but they prefer good news that’s accurate and not too frequent. That’s what a study from the University of Michigan found. The study shows that folks lean towards sources that give out imprecise negative news a lot and accurate positive news less often. They don’t seem to like sources that do the opposite, like sharing precise good news more frequently and bad news less often.

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