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Melissa Mijares

7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable | Cracked.com - 5 views

www.cracked.com/tury-making-you-miserable.html

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shared by Melissa Mijares on 07 Jun 11 - Cached
  • Melissa Mijares on 07 Jun 11
     
    So while this *is* a humor article and not necessarily safe for work, I thought it would be good to share because it specifically talks about how social media and consumer computer technology affects people's sense of well-being.
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  • Qraig de Groot on 07 Jun 11
     
    Awesome!
  • michelleamills on 07 Jun 11
     
    :) In so many ways, so true!
  • Lilia p on 07 Jun 11
     
    great find! This falls into the social/psychological category of technology that we will soon address.
  • Mary McNamara on 07 Jun 11
     
    Love this. It made me think about this interview with Kurt Vonnegut: http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcriptNOW140_full.html Starts connecting with this toward the end of the interview, specifically this part: DAVID BRANCACCIO: There's a little sweet moment, I've got to say, in a very intense book-- your latest-- in which you're heading out the door and your wife says what are you doing? I think you say-- I'm getting-- I'm going to buy an envelope. KURT VONNEGUT: Yeah. DAVID BRANCACCIO: What happens then? KURT VONNEGUT: Oh, she says well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I'm going to have a hell of a good time in the process of buying one envelope. I meet a lot of people. And, see some great looking babes. And a fire engine goes by. And I give them the thumbs up. And, and ask a woman what kind of dog that is. And, and I don't know. The moral of the story is, is we're here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that. And, what the computer people don't realize, or they don't care, is we're dancing animals. You know, we love to move around. And, we're not supposed to dance at all anymore.
  • Elisa Varon on 07 Jun 11
     
    Now I know why the 21st century was making me miserable! I sure could use some more annoying people in my life. This article really points out the downside of technology-enhanced socialization!
  • Daniel Huang on 07 Jun 11
     
    I would have called it "7 reasons the 21st century is making us more xenophobic and intolerant."
justin_mason

Cleverbot -Speak to an AI with some Actual Intelligence. - 0 views

www.cleverbot.com

shared by justin_mason on 09 Jun 11 - Cached
  • justin_mason on 09 Jun 11
     
    Cleverbot is conversational AI software . It doesn't quite pass the Turing test but "talking" to it can nonetheless be a little eerie, and it's fair to say that Cleverbot is an example of how machines/programs will become even more anthropomorphic. Plus, it has a pretty irreverent sense of humor.
Marlena Barber

The Red Cross' Rogue Tweet: #gettngslizzerd On Dogfish Head's Midas Touch - 2 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...ross-rogue-tweet_n_824114.html

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shared by Marlena Barber on 18 Jun 11 - No Cached
  • Marlena Barber on 18 Jun 11
     
    I read this article when the story first broke and it came to mind when I was reading the Goffman material. There's been a lot of stories about missteps on Social Media, but this was one of the funnier ones (the Red Cross has a nice sense of humor!).
  • amanda brennan on 18 Jun 11
     
    Ah! This reminds me of the "rogue" Secret Service tweet about how annoying Fox News is: http://jezebel.com/5803825/secret-service-apologizes-for-bashing-fox-news-on-twitter
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