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How to Shut Down Toxic Gossip and Be Happy

Toxic gossip is something that most of us have experienced at one point or another. Whether you’ve shared a personal issue only for it to spread and negatively impact you, or you’ve heard a juicy story and couldn’t resist passing it on, the effects of toxic gossip can be damaging. However, it’s important to remember ...

Nathan Machoka

Two young women gossiping together at an outdoor café.

The Role of Information Cascades in Driving Public Opinion

As humans connect at increasing rates, it becomes all too common to influence each other’s behavior and decision-making through information cascades, which create a multitude of crowd behaviors that may offer us a better understanding of human relationships through opinion dynamics. In many social and biological systems, individuals rely on the observation of others to ...

Sofia Roma

Information cascades.