Archived Posts (Week of June 4, 2012)
 

Roschach 2.0?

applying addiction criteria to Facebook
antidepressants
DSM-V: PR to the rescue
We're the Flintstones (and you're not)
psychological benefits to giving shit away
piloting errors
Chris Rock, evolutionary psychologist: parts 1, 2, and 3
needle(s) in the haystack
the neuroscience of regret
pick-up artistry
quitting to get ahead
the bell-shaped bias
mentalization and religious beliefs:
on imagination
The Truman Show delusion
maybe we don't really want to be happy
madness and creativity

I don't feel your people's pain
aural feedback in toddlers
standardized and sterilized
perhaps we are driving ourselves away from each other

self-esteem vs. narcissism
five models of mental illness
cultivating awe
mind-machine
deja vu: the uncanny and the dissimilar
the reputation bank
the neuroscience of choking
the importance not paying (too much) attention
the tortoise wins again
the fine line between creativity and dishonesty
against eureka god moments

the many faces of altruism
arousal and the here and now

two lives
on whimsy

are we all Asian?
sadness and wisdom
diffusion of responsibility
you are the easiest person to fool
unlearning what feels true
"a poem is like a note sealed in a bottle and thrown into the sea"
enhancing distractibility
displays of creativity
another reason not to buy knock-offs
deep conversations
racism, French-style
hierarchies matter
the good narcissist
the good-enough