Ouch.

It might seem logical to think that people with a negative self-image would be just the ones who would want to overcompensate. Yet as psychologists working with William Swann of the University of Texas at Austin discovered, many individuals racked with self-doubt seek confirmation of their distorted self-perception. Swann described this phenomenon in a study on contentment in marriage. He asked couples about their own strengths and weaknesses, the ways they felt supported and valued by their partner, and how content they were in the marriage. As expected, those who had a more positive attitude toward themselves found greater satisfaction in their relationship the more they received praise and recognition from their other half. But those who habitually picked at themselves felt safer in their marriage when their partner reflected their negative image back to them. They did not ask for respect or appreciation. On the contrary, they wanted to hear exactly their own view of themselves: “You’re incompetent.”

These shaky business models have to be a function of too much easily accessible investment money. And how that's not indicative of a bubble is beyond me.

I've been wondering about this for a while. As an outsider I've always assumed there must be something to these business models that I just don't have knowledge about, but it's still seemed like something is off.

That's right! Well, it's a great story. It kinda stuck with me ever since I read it.

- Hit my goal weight (I know it's something everyone says, but I'm well on my way and it's definitely doable.)

- Stop being such a hermit and get out more and do new things and meet new people.

It's easy sometimes to slip into a mindset that we've made so much progress. And then something like this comes aling and sobers me up and reminds me how far we really have to go.

I have anxiety disorder and pot does the same to me. I know how to handle it now but I really don't find much pleasure in it so I'll do it maybe a couple times a year if it's being passed around. I do drink but I have to be careful not to fall into self medicating.

Hail Mary Mallon

Porter Robinson

So it's going on sale? Sweet!

McDonald's - Diarrhea

I declare that I won't buy any more Kindle ebooks until I read all the ones I currently have.

The Atlantic had a good response to Obama's "This is not who we are." statement basically calling attention to the fact that this is who we are.

Their "theory" had a particular means-ends relationship that is not well understood

Dang.

This seems to be a clear sign that control of the police department by the city has been completely lost. Or am I missing something? Is there some other way to view this?

The source of the methane is believed to be extensive coal-mining activity in the San Juan Basin

sigh

True as that may (or may not) be, there's definitely something pretty creepy about these guys apparently being in very long-term relationships, just to spy for the state. Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty creepy.

The privatization of—really, the addition of a profit motive to—our legal systems seems obviously immoral to me and just icky.

Just ordered the book for my Kindle. I have a hard time with slideshows for some reason.

Check out Rockbox for your iPod.

Yeah. I was vegetarian for a while and the whole meat substitute thing was rather annoying. This seems like that.

We need a civic confirmation that treats democracy as its own ethical and even spiritual experience.

That's just creepy to me.

Good idea. They need to get Dorian in a room. Then somehow get Satoshi Nakamoto to post online somewhere. That would go a long way towards clearing this up for Dorian.

Cool! I live in the DC area and we love going up to The Aquarium (the only one that matters anyway) at least once or twice a year. We sued to actually have annual passes. Glad you had a good time. Baltimore has a lot of character and is a neat place to spend time.

“They also become this – I don’t want to say scapegoat, but icons [representing] broader social problems.” In Starbucks’ case, the company was blamed for mistreatment of farmers, bad environmental practices and neighborhood gentrification, with varying degrees of fairness. Similarly, says Arsel, Monsanto becomes “symbolically linked to a loss of small farming practices, political alignments and other abstract concerns.”

Hits the nail on the head.

Most of my extended family vacations in Cape May every summer and have been doing so since before I was born. I have so many fond memories there.

On his part, really. Not that he's to blame for being doxed, but for someone who wants to remain anonymous, he sure has done some odd things (e.g. using his real name, etc.).

I think most of them would be smaller than 1 pixel though.

Between our impotence regarding Russia's aggression and our intelligence agencies spying not only on our own citizens but on our government, it's hard to argue that we're not in a decline.

As someone on the outside, it seems like there's some sort of arms race with journalists. In this case, if she hadn't doxed him, some other journalist would have and then they'd have (supposedly) gotten more views. At least this is what the mentality looks like to me, an outsider.

Anyway, it's hard to tell what Nakamoto's motives really are, but if he's just concerned about his privacy (as he seems to be trying to communicate) there are so many better ways to have gone about that.