one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
July 24 2008
Most of us don’t see ourselves in mirrors as we truly are.
April 13 2008
Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda?
That's exactly what's happening“It doesn't take a student of psychology to tell us that if you keep moving the goal posts and offer little in the way of hope, then most people will simply give up trying”
May 18 2007
Beware of female van drivers at the supermarket checkout.
November 09 2006
Kids amped out on 25 frames per second“psychologists discovered that children aged 6 to 8 respond to the image of a television as alcoholics do to pictures of drink”
September 17 2006
An interesting post on peak oil and how everyone sees a mirror of sorts in it, with their post-peak vision basically being a form of wishful thinking based on their personal worldview.
June 28 2006
A pair of eyes on the wall may be all that’s needed to keep people more honest.
May 24 2006
Daniel Gilbert on feeling good“It's the frequency and not the intensity of positive events in your life that leads to happiness”