2013

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  [Article] Even Against Good Fundamentals, Negative Social Mood Will Sound the Drums of War: The American Revolution

  By Euan Wilson | From the August 2013 Socionomist   “Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by […]
   
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  [Article] Similar Wave B Rallies Impelled Similar Protests in 1848, 1968, 1989, 2005 … Is 2013 another example?

  When protests erupted in 2013 in Turkey, Brazil, Indonesia, Egypt, Syria and Russia, many people asked: “Where is all of this coming from?”
   
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  [Article] Social Mood Can Increase Authoritarianism for Decades: Large-Degree Trends Toward Negative Social Mood Impel Tyrannical Behavior

  In this article, Alan Hall explains that a 129-year trend (1720 to 1849) of negative social mood in Britain produced intense British authoritarianism toward the Irish.
   
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  [Article] Social Mood Influences Outcomes of the Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup

  In this article, guest commentator Kevin Armstrong reveals that markets – as reflections of social mood – have had an uncanny ability to forecast the results of professional golf team competitions
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Uruguay Is Your Country of the Year! Obviously.

  The Economist has named Uruguay “country of the year” for
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Debt, Unemployment Fears Steer Students Away from Law

  First-year enrollment at US law schools has plunged to its lowest level since
   
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  [Mood Riffs] S&P to Europe: You Guys Just Don’t Get Along the Way You Used To

  “EU budgetary negotiations have become more contentious.”
   
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  [Mood Riffs] “They” and “Ze” Join “She” and “He” on Today’s College Campus

  US colleges are accepting increased use of gender-neutral pronouns
   
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  [Mood Riffs] Bad NSA! Bad!

  This week, a federal court judge called NSA’s pervasive collection and analysis of
   
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  [Article] Grinners and Grouches: Social Mood Can Be Evident in Facial Expressions

  Social mood is unconscious, but it influences conscious emotions, which are visible in facial expressions.