“Can a Victoria’s Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?” -Via PhysOrg Certain brands have personalities that can actually change the way some people feel about themselves, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons [...]
Awesome Video! Psychology of Conformity, Groupthink, & Wikileaks
December 30, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Original source: SimoleonSense.com Introduction (via BrainPickings) Groupthink is one of the most troublesome downfalls of organized society. Today, it manifests itself on a sliding scale of severity, ranging from genocide to bullying to superstition to fashion fads to the “Digg mentality” of news reporting. Still, most of us refuse to believe that our opinions, perception [...]
Got to Get You Into My Life: Do Brand Personalities Rub Off on Consumers?
June 5, 2010 by
“Can a Victoria’s Secret shopping bag make you feel glamorous?” -Via PhysOrg Certain brands have personalities that can actually change the way some people feel about themselves, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Why are brands such as Cartier, Harley-Davidson, and Nike so well-liked by consumers? One of the reasons [...]
Digital Screen Dependency: How “Real Life” is Now “Lived”
May 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
When it comes to the digital networks that now surround us, the fact is that most us can’t just GTFO, even if we wanted to. The sooner we move beyond the addiction metaphor, the sooner we’ll be able to see, with some clarity and honesty, the extent and implications of our dependency on our networked computing and media devices.
What happens to the human self as it comes to experience more and more of the world, and of life, through the mediation of the screen?
A neuro-headset; kill the mice, disturb the force, this device will
July 14, 2009 by Leave a Comment
She’s kinda hot isn’t she…. but anyhow, this is the forthcoming revolution I’ve been waiting for, basically from the very moment I read David Deutsch’s ‘The Fabric of Reality’. This is where the computational world and physics come together and transcend each other. This might just as well be the future of humanity (albeit a [...]
Talking randomness in life…
June 13, 2009 by Leave a Comment
photo credit: stephcarterLeonard Mlodinow, a physicist/author who also, apparantly, understands the impact of random events and the ‘illusion of control’ in everyday life. In this talk he adresses randomness, the illusion of control, probability misinterpretations (i.e. in medicine, sports), psychology (i.e. Kahnemann, Taversky) etc., basically the insights similar to The Black Swan. He talks about randomness, confirmation [...]
Understanding: The Amazing Brain – Documentary
March 23, 2009 by 7 Comments
Understanding: The Amazing Brain, in HD quality – Our brains evolved in consciousness as they evolved in size over millions of years. The brain’s intricate organization is revealed through real-life stories of a teenager with an off-the-charts IQ and a child with half his brain removed to control seizures. Innovative medical tools, including 3-D imaging, track [...]
