Chad Aaron Hall
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Chad Aaron Hall
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1. We all know that political polarization is on the rise in many nations: Members of the two main parties hate each other more this week than they did last week, and hated each other more last week than they did last year. A new U.S. study reveals an interesting additional detail: Independents increasingly hate both sides.
12 Things Everyone Should Know About Political Psychology
Haunted Houses by Bernhardt J. Hurwood
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
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... See moreMyself, I have an ambition to live 300 years. I will not live 300 years. Maybe I will live one year more. But I have the ambition. Why you will not have ambition? Why? Have the greatest ambition possible. You want to be immortal? Fight to be immortal. Do it. You want to make the most fantastic art or movie? Try. If you fail, is not important. We
It is actually a story we in the news media find dispiritingly familiar: the collapse of your business comes not when nobody is interested in your domain, but when interest is high yet you can't make the numbers work. As with the death of print media, the death of photography – not just analogue photography but also high-end digital, where profits... See more
Our 'Kodak moments' – and creativity – are gone | Jason Farago
Shaughnessy (2013) describes a ‘neurodivergent aesthetic’ whereby, for people who feel like ‘outsiders’, the appeal of certain artworks might lie in their capacity to inspire a fantasy of participation. As such, art appreciation is revealed, not as a peripheral supplement to human experience, but as a privileged medium of human contact (c.f.... See more
Mark Brosnan • Differences in Art Appreciation in Autism: A Measure of Reduced ...
Shaughnessy talks about how some people who feel like they don't fit in might really like certain artworks because it makes them feel like they are part of something special. Art is not just something extra in life, but a way for people to connect with each other. A study found that autistic people and non-autistic people appreciate art differently, especially when it comes to judging the quality of art. Autistic people may not see as big of a difference between good and bad art as non-autistic people do. Some researchers suggest that liking art from a distance might help people enjoy even sad or negative images in art. They also wonder if autistic artists make art that is less emotional, or if autistic people see art in a more systematic way. The study focused on art with clear human figures because they are easy to understand, and the results may not apply to abstract art that is harder to interpret.
For the most part, novelists are trying to convert something present in their consciousness into a story. Yet there is an inevitable gap between the preexisting original and the new shape it is spawning. That creates a dynamic the novelist can use as a kind of lever in the fashioning of his narrative. This is quite a roundabout way to do things,
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I try to use my own product as much as I can. When someone submits a bug report about some jank, sometimes it’s easy to classify it as a small issue. Then I run into it myself, realize that it really affects the experience, and go fix it right away. Felt pain is way more salient than communicated pain.
To digress, this also gives me way better... See more
To digress, this also gives me way better... See more
Marcus Buffett • Managing My Motivation, as a Solo Dev
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
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