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3 ways the coronavirus pandemic is changing who we are

  • Written by Arie Kruglanski, Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
The pandemic has made us into breaking news junkies.Getty/Olivier Douliery / AFP

For most Americans, the coronavirus pandemic represents a completely unprecedented circumstance, as novel as it is life-changing. No event in recent history has affected us as profoundly and pervasively.

Not only does it remind us of our physical fragility, it...

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