If You Seek (Kay)

[geoviki]

I spend a lot of time reading Slate and Salon, two liberal online news mags. And even I'm getting tired of reading their too-numerous rants about Birthers (who think Obama was born in Kenya, never mind the ridiculousness of the logistics alone) and now Deathers (who claim U.S. health care reform is gonna murder Grandma, oh noes!). So I applaud other stuff when it come up, and here's an article that really caught my attention:

How the brain hard-wires us to love Google, Twitter, and texting. And why that's dangerous.

Okay, I really saw myself in that. But beyond the catchy headline, it goes into an interesting place regarding how the human brain is craving "seeking" and how that drive is even more powerful than "getting". I love reading about how the human brain works, yep! Plus it explains how I manage to spend so much time here at the computer and yet get so damn little done.

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[scarlet-malfoy.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just so you know, I can't stop thinking about this article, and I even forgot who posted this, so I just spent a long time going back in my flist to find it and let you know. I really think this article has changed my life a little, at least in the way I understand how it all works. I can apply this not just to the internet... but pretty much in almost every aspect of my life. It's... unnerving and insane. Just. Wow. lol... Thanks for posting it!