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If Oompa Loompas sang about kids with cell phones.
The most important thing we’ve learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, let your tykeUse Facebook, Twitter, and the like.
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Neglect: Your life is falling apart.
Neglect.You neglect yourself – fail to cut your hair, trim your toenails, exercise, bathe – and maybe people won’t want to be around you. Maybe you don’t feel like you’re worth the care. Maybe you think that it’s your choice. It’s not. It’s…
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Failing in the attempt
always sucks. It hurts. It actually hurts less to fail a different way: fail to try. It’s less public, it’s understandable, and it’s justifiable ten thousand different ways. Of course, failing to try leads to a different type of pain. Less sharp, less likely to lash out and hurt you…but it’s chronic, and self-perpetuating. Because…
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fake eye-tracking heatmaps 1
You’ve seen those Eye-tracking heatmaps? Here’s the start of a little art project.
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Game design is the most other-oriented form of design
Recently, I attended a small gaming group, and ran my game – The Cloud Dungeon. It’s a paper craft, creative game with a storyline, and I’ve played through it so many times, you’d think I’d be sick of it. And it’s true – I don’t want to play through my game. Honestly, if I put…
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Removing willpower in habit change
We’ve all been there. Maybe it’s the beginning of the year, maybe you’ve just hit rock bottom, and are swearing to change some habits. You resolve to make changes. You’re gonna get fit, have a better family life, get rich, and take care of yourself better. It’s easy, because you’re so passionate about change. You have…
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Fear of others has been my protection.
I’ve smoked a cigarette exactly one time in my life.I didn’t do it because of social pressure – I was alone at the time, and to be honest social pressure to be stupid has rarely worked on me. I’m pretty good at telling friends when they’re being stupid, and not joining in. I don’t know…
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Why reading people’s minds is a bad idea
I sipped my eighteenth cup of instant coffee, and wondered how work was going. I was working at Starbucks at the time, and I had skipped work. A quick text to let them know I wasn’t going to be there, that was it. I would have gotten better coffee if I had gone into work,…
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Optimization stress and stickers | Doubtful solutions
Here’s one of my videos I thought you’d like. It’s about more than stickers. It’s about stress, and maximizing, and how making ourselves happy can make us miserable. You can watch more of our vlog and the Doubtful Solutions Brothers here.