#adamalter

[steveheyduck]

Am I Addicted?

I just finished my first read of Adam Alter’s Irresistible. I clarified “my first read” because I am going to start it again today. I social media-ed that “I can’t put it down,” partly for the irony, partly because I really enjoyed the read.

We are, most of us, addicted to technology that didn’t exist at the turn of the century. If we aren’t addicted, we have certainly learned to rely heavily…

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[aprioriposterous]

" We are constantly giving labels to the things and people that fill our everyday lives. But how do these labels affect us? Labels can bias our judgments... language can even create false memories. Why are symbols this powerful? Apparently because we perceive them so effortlessly, even unconsciously. " #DrunkTankPink #AdamAlter #Blinkist #BookWorm

[aprioriposterous]

#rflxn: how is your World? "Each of us is an ongoing product of the world within us, the world between us, and the world around us." #AdamAlter #DrunkTankPink (at Lohas New Well Being Spa Hotel, Clark Pampanga)

[bargainfever]

Another New Yorker thinkpiece, this time on why Black Friday creep is happening - about our impatience to score a deal. Strange, though, to see zilch mention of dopamine aka buyagra, the ultimate driver of our manic need to open our wallets every time we see a SALE sign.