Archive - The Surrounded by Idiots Brief
- AI can write a letter. But it can’t mean it. December 10th, 2025
- Zoom fatigue isn’t about meetings. It’s about mirrors. December 3rd, 2025
- You’re not a brand. You’re a person. November 26th, 2025
- You can’t hug someone in a comment section November 19th, 2025
- Is the world actually more divided — or just more online? November 12th, 2025
- Why the world feels angrier lately — and what that means for how we talk to each other November 5th, 2025
- The body reacts before the brain does October 29th, 2025
- The sigh is never just a sigh October 22nd, 2025
- The passive-aggressive note writer October 15th, 2025
- The person who answers their own questions October 8th, 2025
- The spotlight effect: no one’s looking at you (relax) October 1st, 2025
- You’re not mad – you’re just hungry September 24th, 2025
- Confirmation bias: why you’re not as open-minded as you think September 17th, 2025
- The problem with people who always need to be right September 10th, 2025
- Cognitive dissonance: the mind’s way of lying to itself September 3rd, 2025
- Why we interrupt the people we love the most August 27th, 2025
- The unbearable burden of being right (all the time) August 20th, 2025
- The science of being (un)likeable August 13th, 2025
- The halo effect: why charming people get away with murder August 6th, 2025
- The awkward art of small talk July 30th, 2025







