The Art of Great Writing
I was not supposed to start this piece using the pronoun ‘I’.
The Social Psychology of Online Trolling, Part 2 of 3
In the spring, the alpha
wolf sits high on a ledge looking out over the young wolf pups as they play and
get socialized by the older wolves. When an older wolf humiliates a young wolf
pup, the appropriate response is for the wolf pup to put their tale between
their legs and run away. It’s all about respect. However, every once in a
while, there is a pup who will not play the game according to the rules of the social
group. What happens? The alpha wolf will summarily kill the young pup.
The Social Psychology Of Online Trolling, Part 1 Of 3
Psychology studies the
individual, and sociology studies the group. Social psychology studies the
relation between the individual and the group, and for me that’s where all the action
is. I study perception and the subjective organization of meaning ...
The Social Psychology Of Presidential Election Polls, Part 2 Of 2
If I asked you to call 1,000 people today and screen each person for 1 minute in the hopes that 500 of them would agree to participate in an upcoming survey, you could not do it. If you spent 60 seconds making 1,000 calls it would take over 16 hours, without a break.
