Entries from October 2011

The Meme of Maslow’s Mojo

Comments   1   Date Arrow  October 26, 2011 at 6:26am   User  by Psybertron

I mentioned noting that Maslow seemed to becoming rehabilitated by the Positive Psychology school. And following some recent links starting here with Matt May, I also found this 2007 Chip Conley publication in the “airport bookstall” business management space. There are three sides to the Maslow story. (1) There is a neat and tidy attraction for [...]

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Steve Jobs Cult

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 9, 2011 at 8:24pm   User  by Psybertron

Interesting take. “Most people just sit and watch Netflix”

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The High Line

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 9, 2011 at 6:42pm   User  by Psybertron

Nice in NYC.

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Optimism

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 9, 2011 at 6:37pm   User  by Psybertron

Cognitive Dissonance its normally called – when new information doesn’t fit existing perceived (pre-conceived) patterns, and is therefore not received. Useful trait in fact, as the article agrees. We all need a working model – yes it’s contingent, but it has to be more stable than simply reacting to every piece of information in real [...]

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Dark Energy

Comments   0   Date Arrow  October 4, 2011 at 9:02am   User  by Psybertron

Great, so now not only do we have the dark-matter kludge to explain a stable universe, we have to kludge the kludge with dark-energy to explain that it’s expanding faster than predicted by the first kludge. Come back Dr Einstein, all is forgiven. When are they going to suspect something wrong and fix the underlying equations [...]

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