Category: Society
Referendum - indiferență sau dezacord?
September 6th, 2010Rezultatele referendumului nu inspiră optimism; chiar după ce pragul validării rezultatelor a fost redus, oricum au venit mai puțin de 1/3.
Opinia și-au exprimat-o doar ~30% din alegători (datele exacte pot fi găsite pe alegeri.md).
Mulțimea alegător… more »
Requirements for a successful cult or movement
August 29th, 2010If you wish to set up a new social movement and make it successful, here is what you need to do. more »
Ceva sau cineva acolo sus
May 22nd, 2010De mai multe ori mi s-a întâmplat să discut cu cineva şi să aud "Dumnezeul pe care îl promovează biserica - nu există; dar totuşi acolo sus este cineva (sau ceva)".E trendy să fii aşa în ziua de astăzi. Probabil că lumea începe să piardă încrederea î… more »
Power of persuasion
May 5th, 2010This is a review of Robert Cialdini's "Power of persuasion" (a ~1h talk in which he describes some basic ways of influencing people).I recommend you to go through the original video, but if you have a shortage of time, you can take a look at my notes… more »
Despre limbi şi adevăr istoric
April 5th, 2010Un cioban se odihnea pe un butuc, întâlnea amurgul sub un brad de lângă baltă. Alături îi erau dulăul şi o barză. Dulăul îl întrebă: "stăpâne, spune-mi ce cărţi să citesc?".
Orice limbă are o proprietate - perioada de îmbrăţişare^.
O limbă există… more »
Education vs employment
February 8th, 2010There is a trend among students - skip classes because they have a job. I've seen this happen to my colleagues when I was a student, and I see this happen to my students today, when I am a teacher.
I always disagreed with this, for a very simple reaso… more »
Tit for tat and the evil bit
January 1st, 2010You've already met the evil bit, now I will introduce you to another concept that is handy when analyzing social interactions - tit-for-tat.
Tit-for-tat is another way of saying "do to others what you would like to be done to you". The best and most i… more »
Humans and the evil bit
December 27th, 2009The evil bit is a construct introduced as a joke in the realm of computer networks, but it doesn't mean that the idea cannot be recycled and applied elsewhere. I will explain how it can be used in the context of human relationships.
You can refer to W… more »
Others can be right too
November 4th, 2009I think I know the cause behind a great subset of mankind's problems - lack of trust in other people. The story is very simple - most of us choose to use a "blacklist by default" policy. It means that when you're in a disagreement with someone, you are l… more »
When cheating is not cheating
October 24th, 2009Cheating is bad, I guess everyone agrees with that. However, cheating is still a part of our lives, even if we openly state that the practice itself is not good. How come? I think I have an answer.
Note: although the article is about cheating in the ac… more »
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