A truly fascinating and well-written article on how changes are afoot in the worlds of psychology, economics, and just about any other field that has performed tests on American participants and extrapolated the results into universal traits.
Given the data, they concluded that social scientists could not possibly have picked a worse population from which to draw broad generalizations. Researchers had been doing the equivalent of studying penguins while believing that they were learning insights applicable to all birds.
A white paper that looks to sci-fi films as potential prototypes for habitats for humans in space, with an emphasis on dealing with the psychological issues involved.
I like this skewering of the cult of so-called-neuroscience; the self-help book equivalent of eye-tracking.
There is a there there after all.
A fascinating insight into the psychological implications of animated progress indicators.
A look at our inbuilt confirmation biases.
Personality in software. Pieces of technology are people too.
Finally, some debunking of the "paradox of choice" oversimplification.
James Surowiecki explains how loss aversion is affecting the health care "debate" in the USA.
This is required reading for anyone planning to join in the Werewolf games at the next BarCamp.
A brilliant piece of mindhacking for a good cause. Take the test for yourself and see if you can figure out where it's all leading.
I can only see the dancer going clockwise. Jessica saw anti-clockwise at first but was then able to change direction. I can't do that.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee and others call for the creation and recognition of a new discipline: "What we really want is for people around the world to start calling themselves web scientists."