The Age of Dissonance: Red Carpet Syndrome
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Introducing the first Civvy Awards, where little known civilians are nominated for doing little things that make an annoying little world a little better.
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People tend to chose friends who look like them, research suggests.
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Snarky, self-referential and exhibitionist: That's my generation. Why are we so willing to bare our private lives and, well, our skin? It's just business.
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I see that Cory Doctorow has made another panicked grab at relevancy once again! His most recent InformationWeek article, How To Keep Hostile Jerks From Taking Over Your Online Community, is his latest exercise in self-deception where he tries convincing himself that he knows something about the hip, happenin' thang we call the Innanet.        That Cory has little useful knowledge of keeping hostile jerks from taking over online communities is proven most aptly and amusingly by the way he chose to keep hostile jerks from taking over his weblog BoingBoing: he destroyed its community by shutting off its comments system.
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A breakthrough in computer-assisted mind reading brings us closer to predicting criminality. Should the justice system adapt? Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
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Computers long ago ceased to be simply tools. Instead, like digital music players and digital cameras, they are coming to reflect peopleÂs tastes and aspirations.
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In groups, people unconsciously tend to mimic the demeanor of those around them.
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Revolutionary or unreadable? The long, strange afterlife of David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
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By Eric R. Danton, The Hartford Courant, Conn.  Dec. 12--Remember when shopping for clothes and watching music videos were separate activities?   Such barbaric times are behind us, thanks to StarStyle.com.
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Tycho:  It's been a couple weeks discussing reviews and reviewers around here, but somewhere along the way I neglected to mention that their job is essentially impossible.  The 7-9 scale they toil under is largely the result of an uneasy peace between the business and editorial wings of the venue.  No matter what score they give it, high or low, they're reviled equally by the online chorus.  Apparently, even when they do it right they're doing it wrong.
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An article last Thursday about narcissistic behavior among young adults incorrectly attributed the following quotation to Plato: âThe children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.â Its origin is unclear, although many researchers agree that Plato is not the source.
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The Lab judging panel will be busy this weekend picking a winner in the speak-to-the-Prime-Designer contest. (You can still enter today.) As they toil tirelessly, let us ponder this designerâs ethics, and whether it&#8217;s better to live in simulated joy or be really miserable. The posthuman Prime Designer may not care much what our puny [...].
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A new awareness of promoting Âan image of joy and wellness.Â
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Media & professional: Â· Trust demands emphasis on onscreen innovationÂ· 'Disenfranchised' audiences cause concern
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A modern concept of love is spreading at the speed of sound to the minds of the humming masses.
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It's usually a familiar sight during Hollywood's awards season: miles of red carpet dotted with scores of superstars in their finest designer duds.
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Belying  the   over-enthusiastic   reports  of  a marriage date for