mostly done on the night of February 28, 2015. https://soundcloud.com/red_noise/sets/apropos-of-nothing
Work in the Age of Anxiety => The 40-Year Slump […]In 1974, wages fell by 2.1 percent and median household income shrunk by $1,500. To be sure, it was a year of mild recession, but the nation had experienced five previous downturns during its 25-year run of prosperity without seeing wages come down. What no […]
Revenge of the Introvert [Researchers] found that having “an orientation inconsistent with societal values” is a risk factor for poor mental health. The findings support what the researchers call the personality-culture clash hypothesis: “Psychological adjustment depends on the degree of match between personality and the values of surrounding society.” To the extent that introverts feel […]
Refusing to apologize can have psychological benefits (and we issue no mea culpa for this research finding) Despite an understanding of the perception and consequences of apologies for their recipients, little is known about the consequences of interpersonal apologies, or their denial, for the offending actor. In two empirical studies, we examined the unexplored psychological […]
Welcome to OMNI Magazine Collection OMNI was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science fact and short works of science fiction. The first issue was published in October 1978, the last in Winter 1995, with an internet version lasting until 1998. (my childhood wasn’t […]
Depressive realism is the proposition that people with depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality, specifically that they are less affected by positive illusions of illusory superiority, the locus of control and optimism bias. Depressive Realism May Not Be Real In the lyrics to the song “Dumb,” Kurt Cobain sang “I think I’m […]
This morning was garbage day on my street. i was waiting for the bus when i noticed a grocery bag a few houses down the road. It was beige and unmarked. The opening was tied up, but from the lack of inertia in its movement, the bag looked empty. The way it was keeping balance […]
Red Noise – Four Years Late and Slightly Different – RPM Challenge 2012