Comments on: Unweaving the weavers http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/06/unweaving-the-weavers/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:51:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Emmy http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/06/unweaving-the-weavers/#comment-18157 Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:03:36 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17361#comment-18157 *Sigh I imagine if aliens landed and watched us interact online or drive cars, they would be convinced we were one species that needed to be wiped out – quickly.

Great article by Krotoski, though. I know that when there was concern over kids and video games, some were comparing it to a crack addiction. One program(Frontline, maybe?) showed the odd brain scan of people online – I have to guess it’s not just anonymity that makes people behave that way. I think staring at a computer screen can be addictive and change our behavior.

]]> By: Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » Weekly Roundup 118: A Linkfest For The Smartest People On The Web http://mindhacks.com/2011/03/06/unweaving-the-weavers/#comment-18123 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:44:13 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=17361#comment-18123 [...] Social psychology of the internet and how it affects our lives – via MindHacks -The Guardian has an excellent ongoing series called ‘Untangling the Web’ that examines the social psychology of the internet and how it affects our lives. [...]

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