San Francisco
Vicarious trauma
Evert Bopp
Information overload
oil spill
haiti
bangkok
hands up
associations?
cognitive dissonance
an uncomfortable feeling caused by holding two contradictory ideas simultaneously
disrupted spirituality, or meaning and hope
the people on this thread don't "care as much as we do about embracing all people."

"You don't even have a job to pay those bills you bitch. You make me sick. Fuck you!". I turned around and he spit in my face and then threw his jacket at me, the zipper hitting me in the same eye as the keys.
"Where to begin...there are so many stories, it seems normal." 
"You learn to ignore it and roll with it."
This is the US?
emotive photography + social comments
the world is in chaos
Curiosity killed the cat because curiosity is an addiction
blogging
"we are probably living in the most peaceful time of our species existence" Steven Pinker on the myth of violence
Information = fast food?

I wonder when someone will invent some kind of imaging technology that will enable me to inspect what's happening behind my blinking eyes as I brush my teeth, to assess the health of my surely swollen brain.
Too much leads to brain obesity
Easy to become addicted to
Your brain looks fat in that?
Where's the BMI = Brain Mass Index?
RDA of information?
I've been to new delhi - a scary place at 2 o;colc in the morning - zombies has new meaning
Escapism/sense of achievement/
creating something
Good things: DIY people getting together - maker communities
watch other people create

broadcast yourself
stay connected
lurking
entangled in web of social obligations
how can we increase the positives? and protect against the negatives?
who is talking about/measuring for the negatives?
i used to work in abiomed company, and in an events company with PR, and have my own start up, and all we can talk about are the positives. But in Biomed, there are warnings for the negatives, patients can get hurt physically... but what about being hurt mentally? Who is watching for that? bu there are always negatives...
obliquity, John Kay:
why our goals are best achieved indirectly: businesses that served customers internationally through the responsible application of chemistry” or “ate, breathed and slept the world of aeronautics” did better than when they tried to “maximise value for our shareholders” or “go into a value based environment”.
the guy about fishville
retention
Will this make our users happy?
Long term happy?
Like holistically happy?

Will it promote behaviours like sharing, and creating, or promote lurking, jealousy, an outlet for anger, or additing/escapism?
watching people living their lives has never been easier - and its fascinating
but does it lead to a sense of wellbeing?
who is making this technology?
the same people that think this is ok?
sure, but how will we make money?
obesity - the fault of the individual?
pisses me off - we are So easily manipulated, that so much money is spen tto tell us why this XYZ will make us happy, and so little is spent on this, which really DOES make people happier and healthier!:
willpower
do the food companies care about us?
a million times a day
Not all companies have profit at the core of their desires

1. Care about your customers long term happiness and their sense of meaning, not just instant gratification

2.  Listen to your users, sort of...

3. Resist cheap/easy tactics for increased profits this quarter - use that willpower - and think about long term design that will make your customers happy

4. Enable your users to create and customise

Tony Hsieh 
Gaming can make a better world:
Jane McGonigal
What is the recommended daily usage of things like twitter?
Makezine and Instructables.com
We are trying to reward people for participating in their real life
1. Care about your own wellbeing

2. Listen to your brain - cultivate awareness 

3. Resist the potential negatives of your daily activities - tv/gaming/internet/information

4. Enable yourself to create and ship, create and ship. 
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Is digital obesity - the fault of the individual?
start-up heaven
Not just information: All have Pros and Cons
e.g. social networking
e.g. gaming
e.g. "tv"
Is digital obesity an issue for you?

what techniques do you use?
using real names
Ellen Dudley
@meetforeal
www.crowdscanner.com
Are we creating fast food for the brain?
How meta design can cure digital obesity