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Locus of Control

Self-direction in a crazy world.

Happiness
The Doomscroll: Is Happiness Possible Today?

Nando Pelusi Ph.D. on August 23, 2020

Twitter is not a public square but an environment of performative action and voyeurism. It has emboldened a market of lurid scuffles without requiring your physical presence.

Twitter is not a public square but an environment of performative action and voyeurism. It has emboldened a market of lurid scuffles without requiring your physical presence.

Anger
Burning books in a digital age: fire and futility

Nando Pelusi Ph.D. on September 13, 2010

Reification of an item or word into something real is a transmutation our species of mammal does well and easily.  We conflate a gesture with real aggression. If someone gives me the finger while driving I can choose to enrage myself or not.  

Reification of an item or word into something real is a transmutation our species of mammal does well and easily.  We conflate a gesture with real aggression. If someone gives me the finger while driving I can choose to enrage myself or not.  

Sex
All my 888 children

Nando Pelusi Ph.D. on August 31, 2010

A new study of Moulay’s foray informs us not only about male reproductive ceilings, but the willingness to avail oneself of opportunities when socially or politically (or coercively) possible.  

A new study of Moulay’s foray informs us not only about male reproductive ceilings, but the willingness to avail oneself of opportunities when socially or politically (or coercively) possible.  

Anger
Taming the Rageful Lion Within

Nando Pelusi Ph.D. on August 16, 2010

Most treatments for anger are palliative, in that they help you in the short run. But in order to uproot the tendency to carry anger, rage and resentment around requires a bit more than padding on an elliptical machine.

Most treatments for anger are palliative, in that they help you in the short run. But in order to uproot the tendency to carry anger, rage and resentment around requires a bit more than padding on an elliptical machine.

Therapy
MacWorld, Markets, and Emotions

Nando Pelusi Ph.D. on January 20, 2010

Next month at MacWorld, the annual showcase for Apple's new products, we'll see an orgy of competing electronic gadgets, entrepreneurs and start-ups, established giants, and eager but selective buyers entering a a sort of digital red-light district.  It's the marketplace of silicon experience and possibility. And my iPhone is ticking off the seconds until it begins.  

Next month at MacWorld, the annual showcase for Apple's new products, we'll see an orgy of competing electronic gadgets, entrepreneurs and start-ups, established giants, and eager but selective buyers entering a a sort of digital red-light district.  It's the marketplace of silicon experience and possibility. And my iPhone is ticking off the seconds until it begins.