psychology
2015
The Most Popular Antidepressants Are Based on a Theory We Know Is Wrong
·244 words·2 mins
Articles
science
psychology
psychiatry
depression
An interesting, and apparently well-researched post from io9 on the status of research related to depression that illustrate how little we actually know. Though the title is little too linkbaity for my tastes.
Suppressing Old Memories Key to Learning New Ones
·113 words·1 min
Articles
biology
psychology
science
memory
This article from Ars Technica covers some interesting new research on the science of memory, and why our memories deteriorate over time. It is because we push them out of the way in order to integrate new ones.
On Journaling
·714 words·4 mins
Articles
journal
writing
personal
psychology
Do you keep a journal? I often wonder.
It’s something we’re told we should do. Any simple search on the internet, or any self-help book you care to pick up, will suggest that there are numerous mental health benefits to journaling.
2009
The Nerd Handbook: Rands in Repose
·111 words·1 min
Articles
assorted geekery
geek
nerd
psychology
This is an excellent essay written for the poor benighted souls who have taken on having a relationship with a nerd. Honestly, I prefer the term "geek", but in this essay the words are interchangeable.
2008
What You Say is What You Are - The Problem of Blogger Inferiority Complex
·62 words·1 min
Articles
psychology
writing
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.
The sting of poverty
·87 words·1 min
Articles
economics
philosophy
poverty
psychology
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.