If Everyone Else Jumped Off a Bridge: The Power of Social Proof
Remember when you were a kid and you asked your dad to stay out late and he’d say no way? Then you’d say “but everyone else is doing it.” And he’d say: “if everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?” You probably said no, but in your smart ass little mind
- Published in Psychology
Twitter and the Plague of Insipid Tweets
One of the problems with power to the people is that a lot of people don’t have anything interesting to say. For a long time I avoided Twitter, afraid that it was riddled with insipid, ridiculous micro-posts. When I finally got on there I found out I was right. And completely wrong. It didn’t take
- Published in Writing
Sex, Censorship and Sola Aoi
I’ve always thought of pornography as a bellwhether of freedom in any society. When I read about Chinese citizens “jumping the Great Firewall” after they discovered Japanese pornstar Sola Aoi’s Twitter account, it reminded me just how much power sex wields in society. Sola Aoi is one of those transcendent pornstars, who’s fresh and natural
