From Generation Gap to Generation Chasm
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says in an interview with the Wall Street Journal this past December 30 that Generation Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, is in big trouble. Per the Journal...
View ArticleSurgeon General Issues Warning on Social Media Use for Young People
The report says “a highly sensitive period of brain development” happens between the ages of 10 and 19, coinciding with a period when up to 95 percent of 13 to 17 year olds and nearly 40 percent of 8...
View ArticleThe Role of Media in Building Hate
It seems that in today’s America, Democrats all think that Republicans are racist hate mongers and Republican think that Democrats are radicals working to destroy the country. Why is that? Anyone who...
View ArticleWho’s Most Susceptible to Fake News?
According to research done at the University of Cambridge, it’s Millennials and Gen Z’ers. “University of Cambridge psychologists have developed the first validated ‘misinformation susceptibility...
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Movie Sound and Your Ears
As we all stream more and more movies at home rather than go to the theater, many people are struggling to hear the dialog. The car crashes, gun shots, and fights come through loud and clear. The...
View ArticleIf It Bleeds, It Leads! vs. Due Diligence
“More Screen Time Linked to Delayed Development in Babies, Study Finds.” Matt Richtel, writing for the New York Times, uses the above headline and opens his article with “One-year-olds exposed to more...
View ArticleSocial Media that Makes Me Sick
A recent New York Times article goes in-depth to report on moms who manage Instagram accounts for their pre-teen daughters modeling clothes that draw pedophiles in droves. There ought to be a law!...
View ArticleThe Psychology of the Digital World
Here is an article that lists 10 psychological traits associated with going online. I’ve seen some of these in other posts, but having this list does a good job of cataloging what goes on when we go...
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CARFAX ISN’T ALWAYS FACTUAL
DON’T RELY ON A CARFAX REPORT TO TELL YOU THE FULL HISTORY OF ANY USED CAR!!! On October 27, 2023, I got an email alert from CARFAX about my 2006 Honda Accord EX V-6 that showed what it knew and did...
View ArticleCarFax Update
It turns out that I wrote my previous post about CarFax without all the information I should have had. Apparently, it isn’t just OEM automobile service centers that subscribe to CarFax, many...
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