What is social proof? Put simply, it's the positive influence created when someone finds out that others are doing something. It's also known as informational social influence.
I'm not the type who'll yell about my achievements from the rooftops.
As long as everyone around me is comfortable and we have a roof over our heads and we're eating, then it's fine and I can go off and do whatever I want.
To shape today's and tomorrow's 'future proof' worker, schools must teach specialized hard skills, such as the STEM skills that are in high demand.
I wonder sometimes if manufacturers of foolproof items keep a fool or two on their payroll to test things.
I don't think the law exists to arrive at the truth. If it did, we wouldn't have exclusionary rules, we wouldn't have presumptions of innocence, we wouldn't have proof beyond reasonable doubt. There's an enormous difference between the role of truth in law and the role of truth in science. In law, truth is one among many goals.
Scientists search for truth. Philosophers search for morality. A criminal trial searches for only one result: proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
I am living proof that youth possess a unique capacity to grow and change - that the child who seems hopeless today could go on to change the world.
There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.
I talk to people who are musicians, and they go, Oh this is hell. And I go, Are you kidding me? You never put tar paper on a roof, did ya?
