gift givers recipients lasting usefulness gift mismatch

The gift someone wants to give may not be the gift someone wants to receive

Gift-givers often focus on how impressive or exciting a present will feel when opened. Recipients may care more about how useful it will be afterward. Research on gift-giving finds that these different perspectives can produce predictable mistakes, such as choosing a flashy surprise over something explicitly requested. A thoughtful gift is not always the most surprising one.

Land around Finland’s Gulf of Bothnia is rising

≈1 cm/year

Around the Gulf of Bothnia, the land rises by about 1 cm each year. Former seabed is becoming dry land, and Finland’s area grows by about 7 square kilometres annually.

Between Shuttle and SpaceX, Soyuz was the sole ISS option

After the Space Shuttle’s final flight in 2011 and before SpaceX’s first crewed mission in 2020, Russian Soyuz rockets were the only launch vehicles capable of carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.

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gift givers recipients lasting usefulness gift mismatch

The gift someone wants to give may not be the gift someone wants to receive

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