Posts tagged with Social
Screw that Guy
There is, supposedly, an evolutionary advantage to tribalism. The phenomenon where we readily identify with members of an in-group, while at the same time shun others who aren't as an exclusionary out-group, was critical to creating…
Review: Give and Take
In the world of Adam Grant's Give and Take , people can be divided into roughly 3 camps: * Takers, who look to take from others for their own benefit, or at least see success as a zero-sum game…
You Don’t Deserve a House in the Bay Area
Time to check-in on the Bay Area housing crisis in 2016. ... Yep, still as bad as ever. The latest controversy is that, contrary to silly ideas back in 2015 that two working professionals could afford to own a home…
Friendship Available for Rent
I came across an interesting article on a few lesser known social services in Japan: The Incredibly True Story of Renting a Friend in Tokyo On the surface, it sounds and feels like another “Japanese culture is weird” observation from…
Succumbing to Social Media for News Feeds
I’m throwing in the white towel. After trying to hold out for what seems like years to my RSS reader and feeds, I’m moving most of my news sourcing to Twitter. I still subscribe to a select handful…
The Relic of Postage Stamps in an Digital Era
My toddler was playing around in my office over the weekend, and ripped a book off of my bookshelf. It turned out to be an old postage stamp collection album. When I started the book some 25 years ago, stamps…
