The Diderot Effect is a phenomenon in which the acquisition of a new possession can lead to a chain reaction of buying more and more things. This is because the new item can make one feel like one needs other things to go with it or to keep up with it. Here are two examples of the Diderot Effect in real life: A person buys a new car. They then feel the need to buy new clothes to match the car, new accessories for the car, and maybe even a new house to park the car in. A person buys a new piece of furniture. They then feel the need to buy new rugs, curtains, and other accessories to match the furniture. The Diderot Effect can be a powerful force, and it can be difficult to resist. However, there are a few things you can do to avoid it. Be mindful of your spending. When you are considering buying a new possession, take some time to think about whether you really need it. Do you already have something that can serve the same purpose? Can you borrow or rent the item instead of buying it? Set a budget for yourself. Decide how much money you are willing to spend on new possessions each month. Stick to your budget, even if you see something you really want. Buy used items. There are many great deals to be found on used items. You can often find gently used furniture, appliances, and other possessions for a fraction of the cost of new items. Make a list of what you really need. When you are shopping, take a list of the things you actually need. This will help you resist the temptation to buy things you don't really need. The Diderot Effect is a powerful force, but it is possible to resist it. By following these tips, you can avoid overspending and keep your possessions in check. **One Video I Enjoyed**Valedictorian Shares Important Life Lesson | Kyle Martin Speech | Goalcast In this epic valedictorian speech, Kyle Martin gets struck by the wisdom of the 16th second. **Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**7 Graphs That Will Challenge Your Intuition. https://twitter.com/Codie_Sanchez/status/1658828225328435203 7 Must Known Japanese Concepts That Will Improve Your Life. https://twitter.com/PsycheWizard/status/1664507229649928192 **Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**Timepass fun typing Timepass online game. Text art. Copy and paste and use it. **Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**
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Dear all
Apple iPhone 15 was recently thrown to the market and people arround India line up from 4am get the new gadget.
Even though the iPhone prices are way to high compared to the phones made by other good brands but still people rush to buy it. Why?
People buy things that make them feel good, that makes them stand out of the equals without any logical thinking.
Humans act to avoid pain or to gain pleasure out of the material world and things.
This example can explain the Theory of Psychological Hedonism.
As per the definition by Britannica, psychological hedonism, in philosophical psychology, is the view that all human action is ultimately motivated by desires for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
But what hurts the most is that people buy these pleasure on loans which later on get transformed into a pain.
We have a single life and to enjoy this pleasures and adventure is equally important. But in my perspective getting these at the mercy of obtaining pain at later stage of life is not worthy.
So, it's up to us only what we need and what we desire.
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Dear allZipf's Law is an empirical law that states that the frequency of any word is inversely proportional to its rank in the frequency table. In other words, the most common word will occur about twice as often as the second most common word, three times as often as the third most common word, and so on. This law has been found to hold true for many different languages, as well as for other types of data, such as the distribution of cities by population.Here is an example of Zipf's Law in action: The most common word in the English language is "the". It appears about 7% of the time in a typical text. The second most common word is "of", which appears about 3.5% of the time. The third most common word is "and", which appears about 2.8% of the time. And so on. Zipf's Law is a powerful tool that can be used to understand the distribution of data. It has been used in a wide variety of fields, including linguistics, economics, and computer science. **One Video I Enjoyed**Simple file management system by Jeff Su. Link: → https://youtu.be/MM-MPS57qKA **Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**How to use credit card effectively and what are its advantages. https://twitter.com/Ravisutanjani/status/1661405710557773824 Harsh Truths you can't ignore by Sahil Bloom. https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1659911434229219328 **Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**Click the link and make sure your sound is on – Bubble bubble.... https://demo.thi.ng/umbrella/bubblemania/ Koi Aquarium **Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**
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The porcupine dilemma/Guide to be miserable/30 Short Habits/
Dear all Today's word is "porcupine dilemma". The porcupine dilemma is a metaphorical situation that shows the difficulty in balancing the need for closeness and the fear of getting hurt. Imagine a group of porcupines huddling together for warmth on a cold day. As they get closer, their sharp quills start pricking each other, causing pain. Similarly, in human relationships, we desire emotional closeness, but we also fear rejection and emotional harm. This dilemma often leads to a delicate dance of maintaining a safe distance to avoid hurt, while still seeking the warmth of connection. It's a challenge many of us face in our relationships. **One Video I Enjoyed****Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked****Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**The content you see repeats every 24 hours. Forever. Companion is a offline digital library of 1,000+ survival guides and resources that empowers you to sustain yourself in a SHTF scenario Scroll and explore something really, really deep/tall/long' thing – as you scroll, the page takes you up through the various atmospheric stages between the floor and space. https://neal.fun/space-elevator/ **Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**
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McNamara Fallacy/Use Google Keep Notes Effectively/How Colourblind See
Today we will understand McNamara Fallacy. The McNamara Fallacy is a kind of logical error that happens when someone makes a decision based only on numbers and ignores other factors that are not easy to measure or prove. It is named after Robert McNamara, who was the US Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War. He used to track the progress of the war by counting how many enemies were killed compared to how many Americans were killed. He thought that this was the best way to win the war, but he was wrong. He did not pay attention to other things that mattered, like the feelings and opinions of the people in Vietnam and America. In simple language, the McNamara Fallacy means that if you only care about numbers and not about other things that are hard to measure, you might make bad decisions and lose. One Video I EnjoyedOne of the best guide to use Google's Keep Notes. Two Tweets I Enjoyed and LikedFriendship and social connection are essential for health. https://twitter.com/SahilBloom/status/1656640297332252673 The liver doc shared a beautiful story https://twitter.com/theliverdr/status/1652986904751804421 Three New Websites I Enjoyed and LikedQi serves as a sanctuary for the unconventional, pushing the limits of art, meditation, and technology in a unique fusion. https://qi.amalgamated.tech/about Word solitaire. https://kloonigames.com/wordsolitaire/ Transform long form content into clear summaries. Save time with this nice online tool. Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked
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Fosbury Flop / Stories of Jim Corbett / Easy Mental Maths/Tiny Sci-fi Stories
"๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ." I know, this is the answer you get when you ask ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฒ something is done a certain way? Specially when you work in a legacy driven company. ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ช, an athlete, heard this too when he started competing in the ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐๐บ๐ฝ. ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. He eventually came up with a ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ where he jumped his b̾a̾c̾k̾ ̾t̾o̾w̾a̾r̾d̾s̾ ̾t̾h̾e̾ ̾b̾a̾r̾ and was able to jump much higher than before. And in the 1968 Olympics, he shocked the world with his new style, winning the ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฅ with an ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ค๐ง๐. The technique was named ๏ผฆ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ ๏ผฆ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ and all the athletes started using it. ๐๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ข๐๐ค ๐ ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ. You will find ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐ก ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ of ★ๅฝก[๊ฐแด๊ฑสแดสส ๊ฐสแดแด]ๅฝก★
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Framing Effect/Fighting Cancer/Productivity Tips
Dear all, A social experiment was conducted in which world-class violinist ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ก๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, who played an impromptu concert in a ๐จ๐ช๐๐ฌ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ in ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ง, ๐.๐. Bell typically sells out venues like the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall for high prices๐ฒ, but in the subway station, his music went unnoticed. The mind takes shortcuts informed by our surroundings to make quick and sometimes erroneous judgments. ๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. In another study from 2007, researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure if the price of ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ influenced the taste. Participants sampled wines of different prices started with a $ 5 wine and progressed to a $ 90 bottle while in the fMRI machine. As the price of the wine increased ๐, so did their enjoyment and brain activity associated with pleasure. Little did the study participants realize that ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ท ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐. Not only did they say they enjoyed the wine more but their brain corroborated their feelings, showing higher spikes in the regions associated with pleasure. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐, ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ง ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ. ๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ค ๐ค๐๐ ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ ๐ฅ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ช๐ค ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐, ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ช ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐๐ค. ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: **One Video I Enjoyed**Some entertainment this time. Kieran Brown tried some of the rarest football tricks. **Two Tweets I Enjoyed and Liked**Tried to avoid and fight cancer in this tweet https://twitter.com/LandonClost/status/1567136787482673152 Alex Mathers little secrets to boost productivity https://twitter.com/Alexmathers84/status/1519285547684048896 **Three New Websites I Enjoyed and Liked**Zoom zoom and only zoom in.. Letters from Steve Jobs. https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/ Can only be read when it's day time. **Three Quotes and Phrases I Liked**
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