Don’t All Those Stupid Opinions People Post On Blogs Make You Mad?
Dear Humans,
Do you ever find yourself getting pissed off about the stupid opinions people express in blog posts? Are there particular topics that get under your skin so bad that you’re compelled to write scathing blog comments to cut the culprits down to size? If so, today’s your lucky day. Because I’m here with a [...]
The Joy of Uncertainty
The human mind reflexively resists perceiving new information that conflicts with existing beliefs. Psychologists call the process Cognitive Dissonance. I call it a pain in my virtual ass.
The more strongly a person believes something to be true, the less he or she can even consider contrary evidence, especially if there is a strong emotional [...]
The Work of Becoming a Not-Suffering Soup Spiller
So how does someone transform from the suffering soup spiller in the first comic to the not-suffering spiller in comic number two? How can we start to wake up from the overpowering thoughts and associated feelings that warp our perception and kill our joy? One method that’s helped me is answering Byron Katie’s [...]
Loving What Is: Botgirl exposes her demons and then works to slay them
Each resident’s perception of Second Life is unique. In a sense, it is not one world, but one million. Our experience of Second Life as a frustrating bug-ridden mess or a creative utopia is completely the result of our own thoughts and has nothing to do with any inherent quality of the tapestry of technology [...]
