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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 09:17:12 UTC Strypey

   "In recent years, new scientific research has demonstrated the “massive cognitive load” on those who are financially insecure. Living in poverty is akin to losing 13 IQ points."
   - Anne Helen Petersen
   https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work

   • Adonay Felipe Nogueira repeated this.
   • Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Monday, 07-Jan-2019 09:26:40 UTC Strypey

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     > In their writing on homelessness, social psychologist Devon Price has said that "laziness,” at least in the way most of us generally conceive of it, simply does not exist. “If a person’s behavior doesn’t make sense to you,” they write, “it is because you are missing a part of their context. It’s that simple.”
     - Anne Helen Petersen
     https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/anneh

     Adonay Felipe Nogueira repeated this.