Carl Weems
@carlweems.bsky.social
Professor at Iowa State University in Human Development. Focus on how stress and emotion shape lives. Surfing, guitars, my amazing kids, and an IPA enthusiast. Sharing thoughts on resilience, science, and the human experience.
I know it’s weird to have all these posts of the same article but it’s interesting to me the different outlets style and who picked it up- plus I’m the only one on my feed at this point in my blue sky foray.
November 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I know it’s weird to have all these posts of the same article but it’s interesting to me the different outlets style and who picked it up- plus I’m the only one on my feed at this point in my blue sky foray.
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.nhregister.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
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November 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.nhregister.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.registercitizen.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
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November 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.registercitizen.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
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November 1, 2025 at 1:53 AM
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.seattlepi.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.sfgate.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
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November 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.sfgate.com/news/article...
Sharing our conceptual analysis. We explore how existential anxiety and psychological flexibility can help build deep resilience. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Existential anxiety, psychological flexibility, and deep resilience to climate crises
Concerns and uncertainty about the viability of continued existence on the planet are central to the urgency of the climate crisis and can be contextualized ...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Sharing our conceptual analysis. We explore how existential anxiety and psychological flexibility can help build deep resilience. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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New in The Conversation US from Iowa State’s Carl Weems: how our existential anxieties affect the way we take in information.
Vitriol on social media isn't really about politics, according to a human development researcher.
It's about existential anxiety – fears of death, meaninglessness and moral failure. And both sides experience it, though different triggers activate it. buff.ly/4Clnsd8
It's about existential anxiety – fears of death, meaninglessness and moral failure. And both sides experience it, though different triggers activate it. buff.ly/4Clnsd8
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
Whichever side of an issue you’re on, it’s likely that at the root of what gets you fired up are deep, fundamental human fears about mortality, moral responsibility and meaning.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
New in The Conversation US from Iowa State’s Carl Weems: how our existential anxieties affect the way we take in information.
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.sfchronicle.com/news/article...
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)
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October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
What both sides of America’s polarized divide share: Deep anxieties about the meaning of life and existence itself www.sfchronicle.com/news/article...