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POPSLibertarian Paternalism This is a new one on me. From article: "That is not an oxymoron, they insist in their book. Rather it is a corrective to the longstanding assumption of policy makers that the average person is capable of thinking like Albert Einstein, storing as much memory as IBM's Big Blue, and exercising the willpower of Mahatma Gandhi. That is simply not how people are, they say. In reality human beings are lazy, busy, impulsive, inert, and irrational creatures highly susceptible to predictable biases and errors. That's why they can be nudged in socially desirable directions." "A nudge is thus any noncoercive alteration in the context in which people make decisions. The libertarian paternalism behind it is rooted in Thaler's lifelong fascination with the power of small, seemingly innocuous details — the arrangement of food in a cafeteria, the drawing of a small fly in the bowl of a urinal, a pattern of lines on the road — to influence people's behavior. "
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POPSComplexity, Artificial Life and self-organising systems <<<But be warned - this site is conceptually demanding, those 'truths' you know are but shadows. Once infected by our alien thought virus, you will never be quite 'normal' again... You will begin to mutate, morphing up to a higher level, our level, beings whose abilities cross universes, transcend cultures, break free. Finally understanding the true beauty of sharing. Or you may sink down into insanity... Dare YOU take that risk ?>>> Been a good friend to clippers this massive site, but always worth bringing to attention!
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POPSMarketing in Second Life The investment of time far out weighs the return on investment. However, virtual worlds are social networks. Platforms like Second Life should not be ignored.
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POPSDon't let fear rule your actions. Positive thinking needs to be an application, not a concept. Before we can do something we need to consider the negative, and positive in an objective light. We can reach our goals with less difficulty, and perform in a manner that can exceed our expectations. While it seems like a basic concept, perhaps even patently obvious, there seems less and less evidence of positive thinking every day. It is explained with a computer analogy in another paragraph: - in > - out, + in < + out (He had =, but that leaves no room for improvement.)
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POPSThat's Just Like Clipping! It's just like clipmarks! *LOL* This is about op/ed writing, but the whole way through the article, I was thinking; "That's just like clipping!" Haha! Dang... "My name is TN and I am an addict." .:)
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POPSResearch of "Second Life" with a view of "virtual reality" This article explores historic and current discourses on the construction of real and virtual spaces and selves, and considers the cultural and scientific construct of "virtual reality." Follow-up: https://lists.secondlife.com/pipermail/educators/2006-January/000215.html
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