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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 hour agoPsychology says people who intentionally limit their social media use aren't more disciplined than everyone else - they became more honest about what the unlimited version was replacing, which was the interior life, the undirected thought, the boredom that produces things, and once they understood what was being replaced they didn't need discipline, they needed only the honesty to stop - Silicon Canals
Boredom can lead to meaningful engagement and creativity, rather than being a sign of lack of activity.
#social-media
Social media marketing
fromForbes
5 hours agoThe Next Disruption In Social Media: Impact Over Attention
Future social networks will prioritize action-oriented platforms that foster real-world collaboration and value creation using AI and impact-based rewards.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive - they've simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a more deliberate choice than most people who post every day have ever thought to make - Silicon Canals
Deliberate non-participation on social media can be a psychologically aware choice, as most users are 'lurkers' who consume content without engaging.
Social media marketing
fromSilicon Canals
1 week agoPsychology suggests people who browse social media but never post or comment aren't passive - they've simply opted out of the performance while retaining access to the information, which is a more deliberate choice than most people who post every day have ever thought to make - Silicon Canals
Deliberate non-participation on social media can be a psychologically aware choice, as most users are 'lurkers' who consume content without engaging.
fromwww.cbc.ca
2 days agoThese Ontario researchers are using virtual reality gaming to help older adults with dementia stay fit | CBC News
"For the ones who are confined in certain spaces or cannot do it independently, this is a great opportunity to transport them to a different reality from the ones that they are currently living in while keeping them active," Munoz told CBC Hamilton from his lab on Laurier's Brantford campus.
Medicine
fromGameSpot
in 12 minutesYou Could Be In A PlayStation Game If You Write Well, Love PlayStation, Play And Own A Lot, Have Anecdotes, And More
PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase, allowing winners to have their likenesses scanned to appear in PlayStation games, starting with Gran Turismo 7.
Games
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
8 hours agoPeople who are extremely good at reading a room often have no idea how to simply be in one. The scanning never stops. The social radar that everyone admires is the same system that prevents them from ever fully arriving anywhere, because arriving would require turning it off. - Silicon Canals
Emotional intelligence often acts as a surveillance system that hinders genuine connection rather than enhancing it.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoI stopped being useful to everyone who asked and three relationships ended within six months. Not with arguments or explanations. Just a slow withdrawal once it became clear I was no longer offering what they'd originally come for. That taught me which connections were friendships and which were subscriptions. - Silicon Canals
Generosity in relationships can mask true connections, revealing that some bonds are based on utility rather than genuine closeness.
#friendship
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoPeople who are kind and intelligent but have no close friends have usually spent so long being competent in every situation that they've forgotten, or never learned, how to be helpless in front of someone - and helplessness, offered honestly, is one of the primary raw materials that close friendship has always been made from - Silicon Canals
Real friendship is built on vulnerability and connection, not competence or capability.
#communication
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals
Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who would always rather call than text aren't demanding more of your time - they're asking for the one thing that separates a real conversation from the performance of one, which is the sound of another person being alive on the other end, and that need is not inconvenient, it is human - Silicon Canals
Phone calls foster deeper connections than text messages, capturing nuances of emotion that typed words cannot convey.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who reply to messages within seconds aren't just efficient - they've built their sense of safety around being reachable, because somewhere in their past, being slow to respond had consequences - Silicon Canals
Instant responses to messages often stem from a psychological need to mitigate perceived threats rather than mere efficiency.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says people who would always rather call than text aren't demanding more of your time - they're asking for the one thing that separates a real conversation from the performance of one, which is the sound of another person being alive on the other end, and that need is not inconvenient, it is human - Silicon Canals
Phone calls foster deeper connections than text messages, capturing nuances of emotion that typed words cannot convey.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoNobody tells you that expecting instant replies is a relatively new social norm - and that an entire generation learned to communicate in ways that never required it - Silicon Canals
Instant communication has created pressure that undermines meaningful relationships, which thrived in a slower-paced era of correspondence.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 days agoPower-washing, pool-cleaning and mowing: Why millions are playing games about mundane jobs
"We want to make the Graham Norton of video games," says Kirsty Rigden, the chief executive of Brighton-based FuturLab, which makes PowerWash Simulator. Aspiring to emulate a talkshow host who has a reputation for being affable rather than for setting pulses racing is perhaps an unusual ambition for a gaming studio.
Games
#meta-horizon-worlds
Tech industry
fromWIRED
2 weeks agoMeta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'
Meta reversed its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, keeping the platform operational for existing games after user feedback, while discontinuing new content creation and major investments.
Tech industry
fromWIRED
2 weeks agoMeta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR 'for the Foreseeable Future'
Meta reversed its decision to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, keeping the platform operational for existing games after user feedback, while discontinuing new content creation and major investments.
fromFast Company
1 day agoThe workers secretly influencing their companies' AI usage
Estefania Angel noticed that while her company helped other enterprises set up AI, it did not use those systems internally. She began using AI apps in Slack, Outlook, and Google to track assignments, which garnered attention from her superiors.
Artificial intelligence
#generative-ai
Marketing
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoAI will power Fandom from spectator to co-star
Generative AI enables media companies to maintain constant fan engagement by scaling personalized content creation beyond traditional production limits, transforming passive consumers into active co-creators within brand-safe parameters.
fromEngadget
2 months agoGoogle's Project Genie lets you generate your own interactive worlds
This past summer, Google DeepMind debuted Genie 3. It's what's known as a world world, an AI system capable of generating images and reacting as the user moves through the environment the software is simulating. At the time, DeepMind positioned Genie 3 as a tool for training AI agents. Now, it's making the model available to people outside of Google to try with Project Genie.
Artificial intelligence
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