Comments on: My Theory of Human Evolution (blogs and fan clubs edition); or Why We Blog http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:27:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Brett J http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-334454 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:28:41 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-334454 The "everyone wins" fact you highlight when it comes to sharing knowledge is strongly resonant of Robert Wright's main points in his book Non-Zero - working our way toward more and more "non-zero sum" games, as history proceeds...blogs are a sort of non-zero space where ideas can be discussed/shared in a safe environm'nt. Good book- also great post. Thanks The “everyone wins” fact you highlight when it comes to sharing knowledge is strongly resonant of Robert Wright’s main points in his book Non-Zero - working our way toward more and more “non-zero sum” games, as history proceeds…blogs are a sort of non-zero space where ideas can be discussed/shared in a safe environm’nt. Good book- also great post. Thanks

]]> by: losing-it http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-30201 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:45:22 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-30201 I love this cartoon on the devolution of blogging. Reminds me of my own current blog (mine is rather more like blah-blah-blah-ging). Thought you might enjoy the funny, too, Dr. R.: http://sethlevine.typepad.com/vc_adventure/images/blog_1.jpg I love this cartoon on the devolution of blogging. Reminds me of my own current blog (mine is rather more like blah-blah-blah-ging). Thought you might enjoy the funny, too, Dr. R.:

http://sethlevine.typepad.com/vc_adventure/images/blog_1.jpg

]]> by: beta Levinson http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-27721 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/07/13/my-theory-of-human-evolution-blogs-and-fan-clubs-edition-or-why-we-blog/#comment-27721 ‘People with specialized interests who chat every morning via webcam’ Here’s something interesting from the Wikipedia article on videoconferencing: "It is known that eye contact plays a large role in conversational turn-taking …. While traditional telephone conversations give no eye contact cues, videoconferencing systems are arguably worse in that they provide an incorrect impression that the remote interlocutor is avoiding eye contact. This issue is being addressed through research that generates a synthetic image with eye contact using stereo reconstruction." ‘People with specialized interests who chat every morning via webcam’

Here’s something interesting from the Wikipedia article on videoconferencing:

“It is known that eye contact plays a large role in conversational turn-taking …. While traditional telephone conversations give no eye contact cues, videoconferencing systems are arguably worse in that they provide an incorrect impression that the remote interlocutor is avoiding eye contact. This issue is being addressed through research that generates a synthetic image with eye contact using stereo reconstruction.”

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