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A social media post by Bengaluru-based founder Vasant Shetty has sparked widespread discussion online after he described what he observed during an early-morning ride on the Namma Metro, saying the ...

Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.

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