Too Long; Didn’t Read #155

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Seeing the human condition
TL;DR #155 – 6/22/2018

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I received a couple of great emails this week that pushed my thinking. Steve McCrea sent along a video and a couple posts I started writing about on my breadcrumbs site. I also received a lot of feedback from Nate Green that I think will end up soon in a blog post or future publication. Green sent me a great along his Twitter list of people & groups that are critical of technology & social media. I’m going to clean up my Twitter list soon, and this helps.

This week I posted the following:

Interviewing my digital domains – This post is a response to a series of “interview questions” posted by Alan Levine about developing our own domains.
Chris Aldrich response to “Interviewing my digital domains” – As a response to the earlier post, Chris Aldrich added commentary using Hypothesis, and then pulled this all in to a post on his site. This post helps me document and think through his process and product.
Video: Closing the loop on feedback using Hypothesis annotations – This video is a quick response to the annotation post and this post from Aldrich. I think this is a big deal, and I hope you dig in a bit and let me know what you think.

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What happens when you have a passion, but your body gives out? What happens to your passion?

Imagine that one day, at a young age, you’re told that something was wrong with your vision. Like a race against time, each day your vision deteriorates a little bit more until one day you wake up and, like that, your sight is gone. An inspiring look at Dan Mancina, a skateboarder from just outside of Detroit.

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Distinguishing Between Factual and Opinion Statements in the News

A new poll by the Pew Research Center suggests people are having difficulty telling the difference between fact and opinion.

Pew Director of Journalism Research Amy Mitchell said the study “raises caution” around news consumers’ ability “to sort news quickly.”

“At this point, the U.S. does not seem to have become completely detached from what is factual and what is not. But with the vast majority of Americans getting at least some news online, the gaps in ability across population groups to sort news quickly and correctly raises caution,” said Mitchell.

The Biology of Disinformation: Interview with Rushkoff, Pescovitz, and Dunagan

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Douglas Rushkoff, Jake Dunagan, and David Pescovitz all wrote a research paper titled “The Biology of Disinformation” (PDF available here). The paper is about about how media viruses, bots & computational propaganda have redefined how information is weaponized for propaganda campaigns. While technological solutions may seem like the most practical and effective remedy, fortifying social relationships that define human communication may be the best way to combat “ideological warfare” that is designed to push us toward isolation.

You might also enjoy this interview with the three of them by Mondo 2000.

Are you guilty of “orbiting”?

Orbiting is a “strategic way to prevent the door from shutting completely on a former relationship.” It’s that person that leaves your offline life, but follows you (or continues to follow you) online. They maintain their distance, but leave little clues to let you know they’re watching. This could be going back in time and liking your posts to keep you guessing.

I have not heard this term before…but I like it. The post explains many of the psychological and sociological challenges to the orbited…as well as the orbiter.

The Power of Being Seen

How well do you know…and see…the people around you? This could be students in classes, colleagues at work, or your next door neighbor?

After being cautioned by one of my colleagues about the challenges of “high tech” losing “high touch” I now end some of my keynotes and classes by having individuals look each other in the eye and say “I see you.” They all laugh, and it’s awkward, but it’s a reminder of how much we don’t look at each other in the offline spaces.

In our schools, this is a big key to social emotional learning. It also helps keep kids in school, and make connections that help students at risk.

Here are the 14 habits of highly miserable people

Cloe Madanes gives us some advice at how to succeed at self-sabotage (or, really, how to avoid it). She describes each habit, and provides an exercise to help you kick the habit.