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Re: Our Fickle Minds

mikonawa — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:59:38 -0000

Ah. This explains why I have this urge to buy new books while my previous purchases lie unread. Do you have a source for this, by the way? I could use another evolutionary psych book.

Re: Our Fickle Minds

Tim F. — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:45:51 -0000

Hell, usually by the time I'm done with Google Reader, I don't remember clicking on half the stories I chose to read.

I've also found a weird bug with google reader (maybe firefox)? that only occurs in windows. If I use 'v' to view a certain number of stories (changes pretty much every time I cleck my feeds), it works fine -- page loads in a new tab in the background. At some point, though, reader decides I have a pop-up blocker and won't let me use 'v' to open hits... instead I have to click the link with my mouse (which works properly, it's just a pain in the butt).

Re: Our Fickle Minds

Derek — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:42:47 -0000

I dunno...I don't know if I necessarily agree with the Braveheart analogy being made or even the general articulation hre. To me, this is more an issue of being less interested in that which you "own". That is the basis of our innate desire to "conquer". To put it in a more positive light, people tend to be less focused on things they have done and more focused on things they want to do :)

Re: Our Fickle Minds

Ken — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:00:48 -0000

I have started applying GTD to reading RSS. So that means I copy the text to a plain text file that I then place in an inbox to be processed. I then decide how to deal with it.

Re: Our Fickle Minds

geetarista — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:01:38 -0000

I am the same exact way. I usually star all of the stories that I'm interested in, and then I'll go back later and see if I really want to read them. Most often I still want to, but there are many times where I wonder why I even starred it! My wife does the whole TV movie thing too...