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Overjustification Effect

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 06:24:43 -0600

A great article talking about how our internal narratives of intrinsically motivated behavior is adulterated with extrinsic factors….

“They then divided the children into three groups. They offered Group A a glittering certificate of awesomeness if the artists drew during the next fun time. They offered Group B nothing, but if the kids in Group B happened to draw they received an unexpected certificate of awesomeness identical to the one received by Group A. The experimenters told Group C nothing ahead of time, and later the scientists didn’t award a prize if those children went for the colored pencils and markers. The scientists then watched to see how the kids performed during a series of playtimes over three days. They awarded the prizes, stopped observations, and waited two weeks. When they returned, the researchers watched as the children faced the same the choice as before the experiment began. Three groups, three experiences, many fun activities – how do you think their feelings changed?

Well, Group B and Group C didn’t change at all. They went to the art supplies and created monsters and mountains and houses with curly-cue smoke streams crawling out of rectangular chimneys with just as much joy as they had before they met the psychologists. Group A, though, did not. They were different people now. The children in Group A “spent significantly less time” drawing than did the others, and they “showed a significant decrease in interest in the activity” as compared to before the experiment. Why?

The children in Group A were swept up, overpowered, their joy perverted by the overjustification effect. The story they told themselves wasn’t the same story the other groups were telling. That’s how the effect works.”

Via The Browser - http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/12/14/the-overjustification-effect/

College has been oversold

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:18:44 -0500

College has been oversold:

I have a new book coming out soon, Launching the Innovation Renaissance, more on that later. Here is one bit drawn from the book and a recent op-ed in IBD.

Educated people have higher wages and…

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Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:10:49 -0500

sorry for all the tests… getting all my accounts reset

Real posts soon!

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Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:59:43 -0500

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Steve Jobs' 7 Principles of Innovation

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:55:56 -0500

Steve Jobs' 7 Principles of Innovation:

These are really great, about a man whose legacy is cemented as world-changing.

The Breakfast Club The Illusion (Illusion of Asymmetric Insight)

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 06:31:48 -0500

Studies have shown that individuals (and groups) significantly overestimate what they know about other people (or other groups). This is a subject that, if we’re honest with ourselves, is more prevalent than we’d like to believe, and helps add some depth to the concept of in-group/out-group bias.

The illusion of asymmetric insight makes it seem as though you know everyone else far better than they know you, and not only that, but you know them better than they know themselves. You believe the same thing about groups of which you are a member. As a whole, your group understands outsiders better than outsiders understand your group, and you understand the group better than its members know the group to which they belong.

http://youarenotsosmart.com/2011/08/21/the-illusion-of-asymmetric-insight/

The Case Against Crunches

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:45:57 -0500

The Case Against Crunches:

The case against doing crunches:

No one needs to perform hundreds or even dozens of crunches, said Brad Schoenfeld, a professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx and an author of…

Be more creative by stopping thought

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 07:07:03 -0500

New research by Dan Goleman, of Emotional Intelligence fame. This helps to explain why we get those great ideas at such random times.

Step one, you define and frame the problem. Many people say that one of the signs of geniuses in a field is the ability to see problems and challenges and ask questions that no one else sees or asks. So first find and frame the creative challenge.
Second, immerse yourself, dig deep. Gather ideas, data, information, anything that’s going to help you with a creative breakthrough.
The third phase is a little counter-intuitive for some people: let it all go. Just relax. The best ideas come while you’re taking a long hot shower, going for a walk, or on vacation. Here, the self-mastery comes in knowing when to let go, and knowing that you need to let go.

The final stage, the fourth, is execution - and, of course, many brilliant ideas fail here, because they aren’t implemented well.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-brain-and-emotional-intelligence/201108/new-insights-the-creative-brain

Passing Cars Unknowingly Create Street Art Masterpiece

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 06:52:32 -0500

Passing Cars Unknowingly Create Street Art Masterpiece

The Singularity is Near: From Dust to Device

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:53:51 -0500

The Singularity is Near: From Dust to Device:

This technology is only going to get better and cheaper, and it’s pretty amazing to think of how this could affect everyday life.

A Map Of America Drawn By Cellphone Connections [Video]

Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:35:07 -0500

A Map Of America Drawn By Cellphone Connections [Video]:

Time to redraw the map?

Why Do People Follow Brands? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 06:53:30 -0500

Why Do People Follow Brands? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Larry David on Golf

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:20:06 -0500

Larry David on Golf:

I feel Larry’s pain about being awful at golf, and he conveys this with typical Larry Davidesque curmudgeonry.

My first stage: Anger. There was a time when I was always angry on the course. Driving fast in the cart. Throwing clubs. Constantly berating myself. “You stink, four-eyes! You stink at everything. You can’t even open a bottle of wine! You can’t swipe a credit card at the drugstore! You can’t swipe. And you’ve never even been to the Guggenheim. The Guggenheim! And call your parents, you selfish bastard!”

Reblog: Normalcy Bias & Job Creation

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:37:35 -0500

Reblog: Normalcy Bias & Job Creation:

The past several decades have witnessed an erosion of our manufacturing base in exchange for a reliance on wealth creation via financial assets. Now, as that road approaches a dead-end cul-de-sac via interest rates that can go no lower, we are left untrained, underinvested and overindebted relative to our global competitors. The precipitating cause of our structural employment break is both internal neglect and external competition. Blame us. Blame them. There’s plenty of blame to go around. - Bill Gross

Via Paul Kedrosky

The Cosby Sweater Project

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:20:06 -0500

The Cosby Sweater Project:

When’s the Cosby Sweater store opening up?

reblog: holy groupon

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 06:21:25 -0500

reblog: holy groupon:

My thoughts exactly…

“For businesses, the notion that deep discounting is the way to acquire loyal customers is dangerous. Competing on price doesn’t get you love; delivering high quality products and services, engaging with your customers and creating unique experiences does. The best customers buy experiences, not price.”

"Most successful young people don’t look inside and then plan a life. They look outside and..."

Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:57:21 -0500

“Most successful young people don’t look inside and then plan a life. They look outside and find a problem, which summons their life.”

- - David Brooks, New York Times Columnist

Article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/31/opinion/31brooks.html

America's Fittest Cities

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:21:06 -0500

America's Fittest Cities:

What makes a city fit? It’s not weather, but related factors such as affluence, high education, and innovative industries.

Incredible. thedailywhat: Time-Lapse Thing of the Day:...

Tue, 31 May 2011 18:36:57 -0500

Incredible.

thedailywhat:

Time-Lapse Thing of the Day: Preposterously talented landscape photographer Terje Sorgjerd (previously) returns to us with a brand new breathtaking time-lapse video, filmed in Norway’s Lofoten archipelago, in the Arctic Circle.

My favorite natural phenomenon is one I do not even know the name of, even after talking to meteorologists and astrophysicists I am none the wiser.What I am talking about I have decided to call The Arctic Light and it is a natural phenomenon occurring 2-4 weeks before you can see the Midnight Sun.

[olybop.]