The Next Best Thing

To Being There

    Tuesday, December 29, 2009

     

    How Ideology Works

    This video, posted by digital pro (and crossword lover) Kim Komando, explains the phenomenon of "change blindness." I think it also goes a long way toward explaining why people cling to ideologies even when evidence suggests they should abandon them.

    posted by DO at 10:11 AM

    0 Comments:

    Post a Comment

    << Home

    About Me

    My Photo
    Name: Dean Olsher
    Location: Queens, NY

    Author of FROM SQUARE ONE: A MEDITATION, WITH DIGRESSIONS, ON CROSSWORDS - hardcover from Scribner and spoken-word adaptation (with rich sound design and original music) from Random House Audio.

    View my complete profile

    Click Here for Home Page

    Subscribe

    Click for Atom feed

    Loading

    Say Hi

  • Email Dean
  • Crosswords

  • Diary of a Crossword Fiend
  • Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
  • Matt Gaffney's Weekly Crossword Contest
  • Wordplay: The Crossword Blog of The New York Times
  • Heaneyland!
  • Cruciverb
  • Puzzazz
  • Sound

  • BBC Radio 3 and Radio 4
  • Weird Vibrations (Ben Tausig)
  • The End of the Dial
  • NPR
  • The Next Big Thing archive
  • Third Coast Audio Festival
  • Ben Rubin/Ear Studio
  • Radio Diaries
  • Alex Ross/The Rest Is Noise
  • Transom
  • Radio Without Boundaries
  • LISSENUP
  • The Bad Plus/Do the Math
  • Et Alia

  • La Muse Writers' & Artists' Retreat
  • Henry Alford
  • The Genius in All of Us (David Shenk)
  • Romenesko
  • Yaddo
  • Maira Kalman
  • Indefensible
  • John Rosenthal
  • Previous Posts

      • Quote of the Day
      • Get It by Dec. 24 - 1 day left to order with Stand...
      • Liminal Suggestion #2
      • A Huge Loss
      • Time and Space Defied Once Again
      • Liminal Suggestion: 21 Shopping Days Left
      • I'll Be on the Radio - Where the Winds Hit Heavy o...
      • Gratitude
      • Cyber WEEK?
      • CyberMonday Is Upon Us

      Powered by Blogger