3/ Reach out, connect, talk: Seek out people you are comfortable with and just talk. It does not have to be profound, career defining conversations. Discussing the latest Netflix series will do too. But you will find that a conversation, any type of conversation, is a healer.
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5 Tips to Navigate Layoff Impact and Mental Resilience
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5 tips if you are impacted by a #layoff.
1/ Don’t brood…too much: ‘Why me?’ thoughts could swarm your mind. It’s natural to some extent, but futile beyond a point. Because the layoff was not about you. How to stop it? Practice thought separation… -
Twitter Ouroboros: Self-Referential Feedback Loop Dynamics
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I am being sucked in by the rapidly forming Twitter ouroboros (or perhaps Twitter singularity)
— Ethan Mollick (@emollick) 5 novembre 2022
People on Twitter keep assuming that every one of my tweets is commentary on what is happening on Twitter, thus applying the findings to Twitter, ensuring it is commentary on Twitter. pic.twitter.com/rux4AFKwb1I am being sucked in by the rapidly forming Twitter ouroboros (or perhaps Twitter singularity) People on Twitter keep assuming that every one of my tweets is commentary on what is happening on Twitter, thus applying the findings to Twitter, ensuring it is commentary on Twitter.
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Social Networks Reduce Ethnic Tensions Through Cross-Group Connections
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There are glimpses of a world where social networks are a force for good, the way they lowered ethnic tensions in Bosnia. People randomly chosen to deactivate Facebook had more dislike of other ethnic groups after, since it was the only place they met people from those groups!
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Boycotts and Buycotts: Limited Long-Term Impact on Companies
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Boycotts & buycotts (where supporters buy the product to reward the company) against companies for the social positions they take are generally short-lived & have relatively little impact. A thread of recent research https://
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Wikipedia and SCP Foundation: Internet’s Most Successful Social Networks
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The only large, long-term, productive social network to come out of the first 40 years of Internet may be Wikipedia. And possibly the SCP Foundation shared story universe.
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Living Through History: The AI Revolution Unfolds Daily
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when you are living through history, it feels like just another day
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Restaurant robots can soon replace key jobs says report
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Restaurant robots 'can soon replace key jobs', says report #RuleoftheRobots
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Memepocalypse: exponential meme evolution and cultural implications
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In the end, we will be outnumbered by our own memes. Meme types are doubling every 6 months. And they are evolving more visual complexity over time. The memepocalypse is inevitable. https://
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Democracy increases moral universalism globally survey finds
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Giant worldwide survey looks at universalism (a willingness to treat strangers the same way you treat friends/community members) & finds 26% of people are strongly universalist & 18% are the opposite. Exposure to democracy causally increases universalism. https://
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