Showing posts with label social. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

It's OK to Let Some Stuff Pass You By

"I think that we are training our nervous systems to expect a certain and a certain kind of stimulation and I think it’s a kind of addiction, and...I’m not using that as a metaphor. Every time I check my email, I‘m looking for a little packet of pleasure that gets delivered when I get an email. I feel like I’m a rat with an electrode planted in my brain, stimulating myself... Rats will do that 2, 000 times an hour if this stimulus is pleasurable..." Read on...

Monday, November 17, 2008

Spend, stimulate, strengthen


Good Monday morning everyone. A friend of mine recently launched a sort of social experiment to help kick-start our economy. The idea is straight forward, we all spread the message to simply spend money the weekend of December 6th and 7th. We can all agree that the current situation of our economy was brought on by many issues, but one of the biggest contributing factors keeping it down is our own fear and uncertainty. Take a look...

http://www.citizensforastrongeconomy.org/

Miles