Visual Consumer: Generally Interesting

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Monday, January 07, 2013

Amusing read...

The belief that silence and stoicism are inherently good qualities is how you end up dressed up like a bat punching criminals in an alley – it’s not a good road to emotional health.

Saturday, October 06, 2012

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Weekend Read

I think I posted this once before. And since I didn't have a Weekend Read up earlier, I'm re-posting it. I didn't find anything more interesting this weekend.

A Particular Affliction

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Saturday, June 02, 2012

Sunday, May 13, 2012

It is a bit long, and a bit dense, but I found it interesting.

One part I found very interesting was distinguishing between cognitive and emotional empathy. The former is the ability to understand what other people feel, while the latter is the ability to actually experience / share it.

There is also a brief discussion WRT the theories of causation behind that, having to do with absent or limited connectivity between certain parts of the brain. And a bit of nature / nurture / both, as to why.

Anyway, I just thought it was very interesting, and it actually gave me a bit more insight into some people I know / knew IRL.

***Updated***

I think I need to put a finer point on the part about empathy...

Cognitive empathy means you can intellectually understand when someone describes what they are feeling.

Emotional empathy means you can put yourself in their place. Not from similar experiences, but as if you were them, and feeling what they feel.

Monday, March 26, 2012

O_O

The diagram came from this, which is a pretty dense read, and it goes off into the weeds at times. But it was still something I found interesting enough to share.