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Why Remember What You Can Find Online?
Where do you store important information? According to psychological scientist Betsy Sparrow, the answer isn’t always “in your brain.” Sparrow says that we allow ourselves to forget information that we are confident the people around
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Public display of disaffection
Macleans: Last June, Kevin Newman delivered the commencement address at the University of Western Ontario. Reading from his iPad, the veteran TV news journalist extolled social media’s increasing role in shaping global events—and how it’s
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Hanging up on home phones
The Montreal Gazette: Ever find yourself wondering whether it’s worth it to keep and, perhaps more importantly, pay for that home phone line? Even though a majority of Canadian homes have at least one cellphone
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The Bond: Staying in touch when children go to college
Los Angeles Times: The second in a series on the evolution of the parent-child relationship. The big deadline for high school seniors to choose a college has passed, and parents’ thoughts are turning toward the
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3-D Avatars Could Put You in Two Places at Once
The New York Times: If Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson are right, here is what’s in store for you and your avatar very soon, probably within the next five years: 1) Without leaving your living
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Why are overheard mobile chats so annoying?
The Irish Times: It’s often the prelude to a loud, mundane and frankly irritating half-conversation that commuters within earshot have to witness. Whether it’s the minutae of the person’s oh-so-interesting day, blow-by-blow details of some
