An interesting essay illustrating how human behavior is not rational. This isn’t a surprise to anyone who has been paying attention, but it bears repeating less we get too full of ourselves.
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Paul Buchheit: The first thing that you need to understand about humans
Link bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 @ 08:34 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
What You Say is What You Are - The Problem of Blogger Inferiority Complex
Link bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Friday, May 2, 2008 @ 11:03 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
This is excellent advice, as is the author’s follow up article Build Upon What You Build.
This piece, as the title suggests, describes the problem with people describing themselves as what they are not, as opposed to what are, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. This problem, and the advice for dealing with it is sound counsel for people working in any area.
The sting of poverty
Link bookmarked via Ma.gnolia on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 @ 11:59 CDT by Daniel Andrlik
This is an interesting article covering an theory advanced by Charles Karelis that traditional economic theories don’t apply to the experience of the poor. The idea being that when living in poverty, “we see the world around us not in terms of goods to be consumed but as problems to be alleviated.”
It’s an interesting read, and while the article admits that Karelis’ evidence is a little vague, it seems to me that his arguement rings true. Definitely worth your time to look over and think about.
