Zeynep Tufekci geht der Frage nach, ob das Internet gut oder schlecht sei – die Antwort ist die gleiche wie bei den meisten Menschen auch: Beides stimmt! Bei der Frage, welche gesellschaftliche Bedeutung die Technik nach der „Stunde Null“ hat, kommen wir jedoch weder mit moralischen „Gut-Böse“-Diskussionen weiter, noch mit überbordender Melodramatik. Dies fordert Jaron Lanier in der Debatte darum, wie „evil“ Google ist. Noch nicht genug von der aktuellen Debatte um das Wesen des Internets? Dann lesen Sie bitte weiter.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Contemplating death doesn’t necessarily lead to morose despondency, fear, aggression or other negative behaviors, as previous research has suggested. Following a review of dozens of studies, University of Missouri researchers found that thoughts of mortality can lead to decreased militaristic attitudes, better health decisions, increased altruism and helpfulness, and reduced divorce rates.
“According to terror management theory, people deal with their awareness of mortality by upholding cultural beliefs and seeking to become part of something larger and more enduring than themselves, such as nations or religions,” said Jamie Arndt, study co-author and professor of psychological sciences. “Depending on how that manifests itself, positive outcomes can be the result.” (more…)
Latest indications are this relatively small comet has broken into even smaller, even less significant, chunks of dust and ice. This trail of piffling particles will remain on the same path as the original comet, completing its unexceptional swing through the inner solar system this fall.
“Elenin did as new comets passing close by the sun do about two percent of the time: It broke apart,” said Don Yeomans of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. “Elenin’s remnants will also act as other broken-up comets act. They will trail along in a debris cloud that will follow a well-understood path out of the inner solar system. After that, we won’t see the scraps of comet Elenin around these parts for almost 12 millennia.”(more…)
