"Nick's accusations of narcissim" Was that me?
Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University ([email protected]) http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ http://www.cusf.org [City University of Santa Fe] > [Original Message] > From: glen e. p. ropella <[email protected]> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <[email protected]> > Date: 3/23/2010 6:39:47 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Narcissism Epidemic Spreads Among College Students > > Thus spake Douglas Roberts circa 10-03-23 03:08 PM: > > So, the suggestion is that If you have a Facebook account, you got it > > because you are a narcissist. Sounds a bit ... simplistic to me. > > Oh no, that suggestion wouldn't come from me! [grin] I defended > facebook users from Nick's accusation of narcissism, which he then > admitted might have been over the top, if I recall correctly. > > But I do think there's something interesting, here. Our "information > society" does one thing very well. It allows us to more completely > ignore opinions we don't want to hear. If I don't like what's printed > in the New York Times, I can read the Houston Chronicle. If I don't > like what's on the NBC nightly news, I can listen to NPR. If I don't > have any local victims for the nonsense I want to spout about > "complexity", I can join a mailing list based in Santa Fe and annoy > them. If I want to spout racist opinions and I get shouted down at the > local pub, I can go home and log into an Aryan Nation website to hang > out with my clique. > > I think this might be related to a hypothetical increase in narcissism. > > I could speculate that an increased narcissism is just one symptom in a > hundred of them caused by multidimensional hyper-connectivity. > > -- > glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
