Clearing out some open tabs
You don't even want to know how long I've been procrastinating on some of these.
Apples to Apples for the truly sick and twisted: Cards Against Humanity (free download and print your own set!)
A really charming "How to live with Introverts" cartoon. I adore the "Come out!" "HISSSS!" panel.
The Hype Cycle is not a vehicle from Tron, and is probably relevant to many things besides technologies (think about the writing about how "Occupy has failed"). I love the labels for the various parts of the graph: Trough of Disillusionment! Slope of Enlightenment!
And along those lines, "Why Even Failed Activism Succeeds".
Via twistedchick, "Please don't tell me how I should feel oppressed, thanks." Highly recommended.
Test your vocabulary. You know you want to.
ETA this one which was sneakily hanging out in the left end of my tabs where it hoped to escape notice: Too smart to fail. Highly recommended harsh piece on why the people who failed to see imminent failures (the economy, stupid wars, etc.) get a free pass.
Which reminds of this, NOT currently an open tab, but definitely illuminating human behavior especially wrt the need to be "nice" and "help" people: The Psychology of Fraud: Why good people do bad things via Schneier. People make unethical decisions when they are either in a "business" mindset or faced with helping a specific individual who they like or feel some empathy for.
Originally posted here, where I'd prefer comments: http://hrafn.dreamwidth.org/535331.html. There are currently
. I don't want anyone to be forced to view comments in LJ's anti-user friendly new style.
Apples to Apples for the truly sick and twisted: Cards Against Humanity (free download and print your own set!)
A really charming "How to live with Introverts" cartoon. I adore the "Come out!" "HISSSS!" panel.
The Hype Cycle is not a vehicle from Tron, and is probably relevant to many things besides technologies (think about the writing about how "Occupy has failed"). I love the labels for the various parts of the graph: Trough of Disillusionment! Slope of Enlightenment!
And along those lines, "Why Even Failed Activism Succeeds".
Via twistedchick, "Please don't tell me how I should feel oppressed, thanks." Highly recommended.
Test your vocabulary. You know you want to.
ETA this one which was sneakily hanging out in the left end of my tabs where it hoped to escape notice: Too smart to fail. Highly recommended harsh piece on why the people who failed to see imminent failures (the economy, stupid wars, etc.) get a free pass.
Which reminds of this, NOT currently an open tab, but definitely illuminating human behavior especially wrt the need to be "nice" and "help" people: The Psychology of Fraud: Why good people do bad things via Schneier. People make unethical decisions when they are either in a "business" mindset or faced with helping a specific individual who they like or feel some empathy for.
Originally posted here, where I'd prefer comments: http://hrafn.dreamwidth.org/535331.html. There are currently
. I don't want anyone to be forced to view comments in LJ's anti-user friendly new style.