As someone who considers themselves an introvert, this is spot on. Check out the full article here. TL;DR version Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Myth #3 – Introverts are rude. Myth #4 – Introverts don’t like people. Myth #5 – Introverts don’t like to go out [...]
The only thing that consoles us for our miseries is diversion, and yet it is the greatest of our miseries. - Pascal Met the creator of this video at a Media Ecology conference a few years ago. The idea comes from the book Amusing Ourselves To Death by Neil Postman. Read it.
via Nicholas Christakis: The hidden influence of social networks | Video on TED.com. Your network and your place in it matters more than you might think.
“A machine with a doll face mimics images on television screen in search of a satisfactory visage. Doll Face presents a visual account of desires misplaced and identities fractured by our technological extension into the future.” Video created by Andrew Huang. Sometimes things just seem to happen all at the right moment.
Great discussion on the (un)reality of multitasking and how our uses of new media might be affecting our ability to concentrate even when we aren’t plugged in. Rebecca Roberts speaks with Lee Rainie, Founding Director of Pew Internet & American Life Project, and Clifford Nass, Stanford Professor and Founder and Director of the Communication between [...]
Came across an interesting report via MindHacks on the different conceptions of happiness between East Asians and European-Americans. I’m always happy to see research that closely and thoughtfully considers the impact of culture on pretty much any behavior or concept often taken as universal. As an anthropology and psychology student I always approached psychological research [...]
