“I’m not a psychopath, I’m a high functioning sociopath” – really enjoying Sherlock on BBC. # Three patch problem. Nice what they did there. New Sherlock on the BBC is very very good. # trofeo abarth 500 GB race 2 at silverstone classic (@ Silverstone Circuit) http://4sq.com/8ZhOHD #
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Does Your Social Media Use Suffer From Groupthink?
There’s something that bothers me about Twitter. It’s the tendency to become lazy when it comes to ideas and arguments. Complex ideas are boiled down to 140 character headlines. Many people never read the articles linked to, they just make a decision about the content based on the pithy headline and retweet, giving the ideas more credit than it perhaps deserves. You might think that there would be more written about Twitter and Groupthink, but then, when you consider the characteristics of Groupthink it is perhaps not so surprising. On the surface, Twitter provides a wide variety of viewpoints created by a diverse pool of individuals, but think about how many people you follow who have a contrary view to your own. Consider the following tests for Groupthink that Irving Janis developed in 1977. Does your experience of Twitter have
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