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Ursula LeGuin’s stories show how creativity can be used to explore culture and societies by constructing new universes, and offer great thought experiments. “The Left Hand of Darkness” is an adventure that does so on a very intriguing world with peculiar dwellers!
Below are some thoughts, comments, and quotes from the book.
Can three innocent questions serve as a proxy for an intelligence test and predict cognitive ability? Even if not, it might be fun to play around with them, and reflect on what reflective thinking ability can teach us about our decision making and mental habits.
The documentary : “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn” is entertaining (if you don’t get angry easily), and contains an amazing exploration of the behavior of markets, consumers, and leaders. There are many hilarious moments too!
This documentary illustrates the dangers of excess, “hopium”, and building great castles on foundations of ‘fluff’. The top WeWork lessons explored in this article include excess, fuzziness, consumer (and investor) behavior, and spectacles.
How can we fix the educational system? Should we reconsider what its objectives are?
The overall effectiveness and efficiency of the school system makes for a very interesting discussion. Other than being the main tool to spread knowledge in a society, it is also supposedly an important contributor to the processes of economic progress and of social mobility (allowing for the possibility of individuals moving between ‘classes’) … That – however – is just in theory …
Quotes, Links, Memes, and Readings from January 2022.
Topics include social media, consumer behavior, innovation, markets, trends, and education.
Readings, comments, links, and Quotes from the month of December.
Topics include personal growth, social media, brands, consumer behavior, and Innovation.
Ahmad Hijazi @_AhmadHijaziNov 29, 2021Good news: You might not have to walk barefoot (or with unbranded shoes) in the metaverse. Nike is probably registering trademarks to start selling virtual goods online. #brands#NFTshttps://t.co/974S9GobIo00View on Twitter
Ahmad Hijazi @_AhmadHijaziNov 29, 2021أخبار ممتازة : قد لا تضطرون إلى المشي حفاة (أو بأحذية عاديّة بلا “براند”) في الميتافيرس. نايكي تتقدّم بطلبات لتسجيل العلامات التجاريّة من أجل استخدامات مرتبطة بالبضائع الافتراضيّة. #استهلاك#ميتافيرسhttps://t.co/974S9GobIo00View on Twitter
Ahmad Hijazi @_AhmadHijaziNov 29, 2021يقضي الأطفال الأميركيين (4 إلى 15 سنة) يوميّا كمعدّل : 17 دقيقة على #فيسبوك 40 دقيقة على #إنستاغرام 47 دقيقة على #سناب 87 دقيقة على #تيك_توك (أرقام 2020 ، الإيكونوميست) #ميديا#وسائط_التواصل1347View on Twitter
I got a notification with a link to an article, and I was naturally inclined to check it out: https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/psychopathic-stare
How couldn’t I?
Breaking and important news… The headline itself is amazing :
Psychopaths don’t move their heads when talking
A new study found that people who scored high in certain psychopathic traits are more likely to limit head movements.
Can you ‘hack’ knowledge and happiness ??
In a sense, it is OK to do dumb things… If you do them quickly enough.
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Have you tried a ‘happiness’ burger before?
I recently saw a post (apparently was going viral) titled : “How to Hack Happiness”. A guide in the form of a thread of tweets offered the final solution to humanity’s quests over thousands of years.