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Peace Games

My heart has been heavy for months now. So many tragedies, so much divisiveness and hatred in the world, making me wonder if peace and justice can ever be achieved.  It’s easy to lose hope, to falter when things seem impossibly bleak.

Yet, every day I’m reminded of courageous acts, of people taking a stand against injustice, intolerance, and the threat of losing what is precious.  I’m heartened, for example, by those who embrace the Black Lives Matter movement, or stand with the water protectors at Standing Rock, or march to ensure women’s rights.  These brave acts of conscience remind me that change comes not just from believing in a cause, but in actively working toward peace and justice for all.

Here at The Growing Peace Project we work hard to develop the skills and courage to effect positive social change.  From the personal to the global we explore critical themes such as conflict, citizenship, empowerment, relationships, and collaboration.  Underpinning these themes is what my colleague Amanda calls our “ripple”:  How does our every action ripple out to the world, and what positive and negative results might occur from those ripples?  Looking through that lens helps us to better identify our responsibilities to ourselves, our families, our communities, and our world.

All of these concepts were so wonderfully evident this past summer at our 6th annual student leadership retreat, in ways that even we organizers had not expected.  I’m beyond proud of our students for their thoughtful and impassioned engagement in the challenges we presented to them.

Amanda and I had decided to try something completely new for this retreat.  Typically we help our students implement local action plans that address issues they care about – bullying, food insecurity, drug abuse, police brutality.  These action plans bring an urgency to the issues, and the students are empowered by knowing they can do something to help their communities.  But this time we decided to broaden our scope and work on global issues, and we chose to do that through games.  It was a big departure for us, and a risky one. But the outcome was just so stellar, we couldn’t have been more pleased or impressed.

Each group’s task was to create a game that addressed global issues within the following framework:

  • Create a fictional country divided into 5 regions that differ geographically
  • Select a problem for each region (such as insufficient food, civil war, or pollution)
  • Select at most 2 resources for each region (such as natural gas, clean water, or an educated citizenry)
  • Attach values to each resource, considering how regions might work together to get what they need in order to thrive
  • Incorporate real-world organizations that might help with specific issues (such as the United Nations)
  • The game is won when all 5 regions of the country are at peace

To help the groups get started we provided a modified template based on the Cycle of Change work they had done throughout the year. We had anticipated their efforts might stall as problems arose, and we wanted to give them a framework for resolving conflict.  To our delightful surprise they never used it!  Their ability to discuss, reach consensus, divide up tasks, test and modify ideas, and build a creative and workable game were just so impressive.  They not only trusted and respected one another, they also knew when to ask for help from Tori and Kelly (our awesome counselors), or from Amanda and me.  Moreover, their conversations as they grappled with real-world issues were both interesting and illuminating.  How, for example, might civil war affect crime rates and poverty, or the need for medical care and education?  What impact might a corrupt government have on the health of its citizens and region?  Difficult issues, which they handled beautifully with thoughtful discussion and rational argument.

The result: A better feel for the myriad factors that contribute to the health and well-being of a society.  Not to mention some cool games we can take on the TGPP road!

Thank you, Peace Growers, for your amazing work!

For more photos, see our Facebook album 2016 Peaceful Games.

(Many thanks to John Hunter, whose World Peace Game inspired our retreat focus.)

Why I Care

I have been an educator my entire adult life, first as a classroom teacher, then as an educational consultant specializing in mathematics.  I have always loved math, particularly enjoying its elegance as a beautiful and powerful tool.  As a teacher I’ve long maintained that a math program that puts problem solving at the heart of inquiry cultivates skills that go far beyond the classroom, giving learners the competence and confidence to tackle just about anything.  I believe deeply in teaching for understanding, for empowerment, for challenging the status quo, for questioning everything. That’s how I approached my teaching career, and tried to run my classrooms and consulting business.

Eight years ago I began to get restless. Oh I still loved consulting, still got a thrill when kids or teachers felt empowered by the skills they were developing, by understanding their unique strengths, by learning from each other.  And I still do.  But something was missing, and it took me two years and many conversations with my most trusted loved ones to put a finger on it.  It was this:

I needed to actually dive into this world beyond the classroom, this place where all the problem solving skills I was teaching in math could be applied to real problems. I needed to help kids do that, but more importantly I wanted to bear witness to their finding the power of their own voices to address the social problems they cared about.  And so, The Growing Peace Project was born.

For the past six years of TGPP I have had the great good fortune to work with hundreds of kids across several states. I’ve watched them grow, listened as they tackled big ideas, and marveled as they came up with creative ways of addressing the world’s problems. I’ve seen kids whose paths likely never would have crossed embrace each other in friendship and peace.  And I’ve worked alongside and been blessed with support from phenomenal teachers, community members, foundations, and individuals who give so generously to support this cause.

It hasn’t always been easy.  We work on a shoestring budget; students and adults alike deal with the emotional toll of addressing the world’s injustices.  But it’s been so worth it.  Peace is worth it.  Empowerment is worth it.  Feeding hungry people is worth it.  Justice is worth it.  Taking care of ourselves, each other, and our planet is worth it.

This is why I care; this is what it’s all about:

Keep rocking the world, all you amazing, beautiful kids with big hearts!

Love, peace, and respect,

Embracing Citizenship

As the school year winds down I find myself reflecting on what our TGPP kids have accomplished over the past several months.  I couldn’t be more proud!  Here’s a snapshot:

Thanks to the vision and efforts of teacher Amanda Eldridge her ADL students participated in Year 2 of TGPP, with a focus on citizenship in their 8th grade civics class. They began by exploring the idea of community, learning about their own town, visiting town offices, and discussing with their local selectboard their opinions about real matters under review.

They then partnered with a second grade class and together explored community, reading books, having discussions, writing pen pal letters, and exchanging gifts. Both classes took a walking tour of the police station, after which ADL 8th graders hosted the 2nd graders and together made thank you gifts for the police department.

The capstone for the year was a citizenship project.  To prepare for this a group of students who attended the 2015 leadership retreat taught their peers about the Cycle of Change, a template we developed at the retreat to help students visualize how to effect positive social change…

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…which they then applied to their individual projects. So cool to see our retreat students being in leadership roles in this way. Here’s Nick and Will giving their presentation (oops, both caught mid camera blink!)

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Every student was then asked to create and implement a plan for community involvement, volunteering their time in ways that were meaningful to them and that supported an important cause. Their efforts culminated in a Citizenship Gala, an evening of student presentations.  Here’s one student’s final reflection:

I have experienced what it is like to be an active citizen, how being an active citizen rather than a passive citizen can help a community blossom.  Most importantly I have learned that being an active citizen in a community can help make a positive ripple on other people….I now look at our community very different than before, for I have never known about the extra work involved behind the events that take place in this community.  My perspective has changed because I will now participate in more volunteering around the community because I have seen through this project how much it has helped the community grow and blossom.  I think it is very important for us as citizens to help volunteer for the community and to step up to the plate to help work with organizations that are important to us.

Well said, Charles!

Some of these same students will attend the 2016 leadership retreat, where they will fine tune their goals and plans for continued student activism.  Stay tuned!

Aaannd announcing…

We’re upping our social media game!  In addition to this blog and our Facebook page you can now find us on Twitter and Instagram @growpeace1.  🙂

Peaceful Intentions

What a great year it’s been since my last update.  In 2014-15 we had a very successful year working with amazing students from two schools – Clear Creek Middle School in Buffalo, WY, and ADL Intermediate School in Essex Junction, VT.  Throughout the year these 150+ students collaborated on issues around bullying, the environment, isolation, poverty, and substance abuse.  Culminating in educational posters displayed in their respective communities, these students gained important skills necessary to becoming youth activists and agents of positive social change.

TGPP Final Flyer

This summer a group of these students attended our annual leadership retreat, where they created and implemented the first steps of action plans to address an issue close to their hearts.  I am very excited to see how these action plans continue to unfold as this new school year progresses.  What a great retreat – productive, heartwarming,  illuminating, and fun!

Switching gears a little bit I’m spending the current year doing more outreach to schools, as well as following ADL on their journey and working closely with them as they participate in a second year of TGPP.  Our overarching theme is citizenship, and we began the year by honoring International Peace Day with what we called “peaceful intentions.”  Here are a few:

“I will not let my own opinions get in the way of the way I treat or think about other people.”

“I will be kind to all of my friends and peers by giving positive feedback and compliments.”

“I will help 7 different people with 7 different things.”

“I will get work done faster to relieve stress which will lower inner conflict.”

“I will make my mom’s life easier by helping around the house.”

“I will not pick fights with my family, sisters, or friends.”

“I will help people who are caught in bullying by standing up for them.”

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Very inspiring!

At our retreat this past summer the dance workshop students chose to incorporate spoken word into their final showcase. Concerned about discrimination, 14-year-old TreAllen wrote and performed this powerful piece that moved me to tears:

It starts with racist rednecks in the streets
Them coming at us is what I call black boy defeats
Harming us and marking the world with racist streaks
And I don’t get how we let it right the highest of peaks

All I’m saying is we could end this
Cause if not, we could make hatred endless
I got Drizzy backing me up, it go zero to a hundred real quick
You seen the four little girls and Trayvon Martin that racist people kill quick

And mama said be proud of my skin
Maybe they’ll be proud of my skin too, but I’m wondering when
They making kids wish they skin would lighten like Mike Jackson
Got me stinging – they tighten they purse when they see my black skin

And, G, they think we be skull cracking
See, now little black kids stuck hiding and masking

Ya’ know I don’t like it at all, G
They say King’s dream is done, but we far from free
I know this all seems fine
But this I can’t stand dealing with these problems in my mind
Let’s quit this before we get bullets in the air
Turning this anger into national warfare
Find our land of liberty into a warzone nation
And change this ‘cuz we don’t need no land of discrimination

It’s hard to believe the August retreat has come and gone and we’re already into a new year with two new schools.  Big thanks to last year’s schools – YES Prep in Houston, TX and KIPP Stand in Minneapolis, MN – for everyone’s hard work and commitment to a year of self discovery, social justice, and service learning.  The retreat was an exciting adventure for all of us, and I was particularly proud of all our students who thought deeply about the issues that concern them: discrimination, self esteem, food insecurity, homelessness, and more.  I can’t wait to hear more as they begin to implement the action plans they created at the retreat.

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(2014 retreat participants)

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AND joining us for the 2014-15 school year are Clear Creek Middle School in Buffalo, WY, and ADL Middle School in Essex, VT (welcome back ADL!). We have a great team of teachers working on building a stellar program for our 7th and 8th graders.  The students are about to “meet” each other and begin their journey together.  So looking forward to it…

Getting Ready!

It’s funny when you’re paying attention to something it seems to present itself everywhere…

…like seeing this stop sign recently and thinking, “Yes, that’s what we’re trying to do here at TGPP!”

…or listening to a Joe Ehrmann interview where he says, “All of us have a responsibility to give back, to make the world more fair, more just, more hospitable for every human being….That’s the underline of all humanity.”

…or receiving a video link of Jim Carrey’s commencement address, where he says, “And when I say life doesn’t happen to you it happens for you, I really don’t know if that’s true.  I’m just making a conscious choice to perceive challenges as something beneficial, so that I can deal with them in the most productive way.”

Yes again, a nugget of truth about the resiliency and creativity we hope to cultivate in our young activists as they face hurdles in their quest for a better world.

LOTS of good things happening here at TGPP.   We’ve been notified we’ll be one of the featured organizations at the Ben and Jerry’s Waterbury Tour.  Our story will be in the VT Foodbank summer newsletter, we’ve been awarded a Sisters of Mercy Peace Award, and we’ve been invited to submit an article for the Common Good VT blog.

Of course, plans for the retreat are in full swing.  We’re lining up workshop presenters & our all-volunteer staff, securing lodging, planning meals, and developing program.   Our theme – What Are You Hungry For? – is taking shape.  I just had a conversation with Chris at the VT Foodbank, who will engage our group in activities that raise awareness about hunger and food insecurity.  Our workshops will be designed for personal challenges and risk-taking, and both small & large group meetings will help our kids identify issues they care about in the world, and how to go about effecting positive change within their own spheres of influence.

It’s hard work.  But when we receive words of support like the following from a participant’s mother, it reminds me of the value of what we’re doing:

I am happy to contribute and support your wonderful cause and grateful that my daughter is welcome back again this year.  Throughout the year she would often bring up something she learned during the retreat or mention a project they did.  I could tell the experience remained close to her heart all year.

Won’t you join us?  Please donate* what you can, and spread the word.  Thanks!

*at this site or at our Indiegogo campaign ending Friday August 1!!

The Growing Peace Project is a peacemaking and youth activism initiative where youth from diverse communities come together to tackle social issues that are important to them. We seek to empower youth to become “bridge builders,” thereby strengthening community and growing peace.


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Title: Feb.17,2009
Artist: Henry Roy
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first edition of 200 handnumbered copies
Price: 12 euros

"In this zine, the Paris based (born in Haiti) photographer Henry Roy portrays a day of his life. FEB.17,2009 describes an imaginary day inspired by his environment, in a dreamy and cinematic perception of reality. Between reality and fiction, everyday life and 'mise en scene', his work mixes family and street pictures with portraits of, among others, the French filmmaker Claire Denis or the writer, musician and art critic Jeff Rian with his daughter Emma. Henry also asked the musician Jimmy Tomenou to play his own part for this story."

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James Caan says, ‘Motivate yourself as well as your people’.

At Kent’s 2020 Conference and Exhibition yesterday, James Caan, of Dragon’s Den fame took the speaker’s stand at 9.15am. This is what he said:

Attitude not Aptitude determines Altitude

We Inspirationists love to be inspired and motivated by others. And this week, I visited the 2020 Exhibition at the Kent Country Show for just that reason. As the largestB2B exhibition in the south east (and one of the largest in the UK), it’s a vibrant, dynamic and bustling arena – with as much business going on between visitors as between exhibitors. 2020 attracts good speakers and I have just experienced James Caan one of the “dragons” on the hit BBC TV Show “Dragons Den”. He’s the quietest dragon, yet in controlling 42 different businesses, he is passionate about people, about creating profit and about making a difference. So here’s just a flavour of his inspirationist talk:

Recession means opportunity. We have had many years of glut, greed and good-times. In the more difficult and challenging economy, we are forced to be more creative and more flexible, in order to survive. Being ready to change means being ready to ride the storm – and therefore being ready for the good times when they return – as sure as the sunshine follows rain – eventually…

Value your people or lose them: In tough times, be open and honest with your staff – and let them know the truth. As JC put it – “Tell them if you’ve having a shit period”. Plan for the future, and make sure you have a vision about what you and your business stand for. Communicate this vision and be prepared to review and change things if your current strategy isn’t working. And as you change your strategy, let your staff in on the changes. It’s ok; they can take it – and knowing the whole story makes people feel valued. What they can’t take is bullshit or silence. They see through one and are terrified by the other.

Find your “separator”: To JC, every successful business has a differentiator – something that separates it from the pack. Big or small, this will provide the niche or the unique selling proposition that allows your customers to find and come back to you, rather than your competitors. One simple separator is to visit your customers in person. In our on-line world, many business people are even forgetting how to make telephone calls, let alone how to build face-to-face relationships. Think about it; if you are not visiting your clients, someone else is, and probably schmoozing them too. So seller beware; make regular contact or lose the relationship.

Watch the markets: According to JC, the stock market works around 6 months ahead of the economy. This tells him that the recovery – though slight – is underway; stocks and shares are showing gentle increases as the markets start to recognise recovery. Thus, you can be optimistic and think about re-investing. This could be in head-count, equipment or marketing. Or it could be in capital or other expensive projects. But remember; if the markets show a down-turn, watch for the economy to follow suit within half a year. It works both ways.

Exploit technology: Yes, of course you already do use it. And now think about how much more good technology could do for you. JC wants us all to be more creative with technology. It can be used for accounting and CRM of course. But it can also be used to provide more tracking and more metrics on how well your business is doing. Good information provides good choices; and good choices provide good decisions. Again, if you are thinking of investing, even if your business or department has only a small budget, you could still improve your software with a very small investment – and that too will have an impact on your business processes and systems.

Review your current business: During the recession, JC has encouraged his businesses to review all their systems and processes – from HR to sales – and from operations to marketing. He was surprised to find that improvements could be made in many areas – and some of these were really basic. In one of his businesses, he realised that appraisals were only being regularly done for 15% of the workforce. He has now increased that to 85% – and counting. Which bits of your organisation could you be improving?

Motivate yourself as well as your people: JC pointed out that – very often – we spend more time sorting out our people rather than looking at what might be good for us. We motivate others before motivating ourselves. That is a good thing; every successful business needs motivated staff to perform well and to be productive. However, what about you? JC is only human and he too, at times, has needed to re-motivate himself. When he sold his successful recruitment business – Alexander Mann – back in 2002, he started looking hard for a new challenge. Having left school at 16, he went back, this time to Harvard Business School, and he completed his business degree. In true student fashion, he then took a Gap Year, and visited his birthplace, Pakistan. Having personally financed the creation and building of a school for 486 pupils in a small Pakistani village – complete with IT lab, library and bussed-in teachers, he needed another projects. Dragons Den has provided further projects and yet the one now closest to his heart is brand new. He has just take over as Chairman of the Big Issue magazine, with a view to producing an on-line version, and creating an international brand, so that even more money can be made for the homeless magazine sellers.

JC believes that you don’t need to be the best to succeed. You don’t need to be the expert, with all the answers. You don’t need to have the biggest organisation or the brightest staff – or even the most unusual product. You DO need to be passionate, positive, persistent, productive, and entrepreneurial. Entrepreneurs can really make a difference; they really affect peoples’ lives.

As JC puts it “It’s your attitude and not your aptitude that determines your altitude”.

Article written by Henry Lee, The Inspirationist Coach @ TheInspirationist.com

Posted on April 23, 2010, in Be Inspired, Get The Results You Want, Have Fun with Your Business. Bookmark the permalink. 8 Comments.

  1. Loved it and so true about attitude being the deciding factor in who you work with.
    Great work!

  2. John Harrington - " helping businesses to survive through to the good times"

    Agree in priciple in what he has said. However, a large number of SMEs are faced with demands from HMRC for Corporation Tax earned when businesses were in profit, banks that have moved funding approval up a level with it potential delays and the reserves normally built in cash or assets by SMEs seen reducing over the past 18 months. One of the biggest assets in these or any times are the staff that make the business what it is and are normally one of the highest costs in the P&L. The balance between good communication and motivation can be a difficult one. Too much bad but realistic information and the talented people move on and the business is left with the average or below-par performers. A number of challenges are still to be faced and the timescale between an improving stock market and when it hits your particular market can feel like a lifetime. During this time it can be difficult to motivate yourself and your staff.

  3. Very good, love it.
    Thanks for putting it up.

  4. ecommerceinkent

    Thanks for this excellent summary – have tweeted it for you! I feel that James Caan was sincere in what he had to say and very inspirational.

    Best Regards,

    Alan Noake
    “Ecommerce In Kent”

  5. You have captured the content rather well. I’m adding your blog to my page on the 2020 event.

  6. QJ

    Great Blog.

    Met James a couple of years ago at the IOD annual convention breakfast networking and he was outstanding. A true motivator and genuine entrepreneur who believes people are centric to business success.

    Glad to see yesterday that he has not lost his charm and appeal.

    Bruce Bell

  7. QJ

    Great blog.

    I worked within the same company for nearly twenty years and left six months ago. Many of the things JC mentioned were contributing factors as to why I left.

    Its made a huge change to my life but more importantly it’s been a breath of fresh air with the freedom it’s allowed me and my new staff.

    • Mark. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Your story is inspiring and shows that when we finally make a REAL DECISION – as you say – it can make a huge change, be a breath of fresh air, and give you the freedom to EXPLORE YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL.
      If you want, you can subscribe to this Blog. I promise not to write something everyday, or even every week just for the sake of it. I will write when I feel I have something important to say that will really affect those interested positively and in meaningful ways.
      Thanks again. Be Special! Best. QJ

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Brand spotlight: Mott and Bow and FashionABLE

Hello, readers! Ari here, reviewing two new sustainable denim brands. Sustainable, eco-friendly brands are really having a moment, and it’s exciting to see denim brands following suit. I’m really excited about these two brands, Mott and Bow and FashionABLE!

Mott and Bow

Mott and Bow is a denim brand created by Alejandro Cahin (see a previous interview here). His family owned a denim factory while he was growing up, and he noticed that there was a gap in the market for fairly-priced premium denim. Mott and Bow produces premium denim for both men and women in a variety of cuts and washes, made using sustainable, environmentally-friendly methods. The brand is sold exclusively online, but they allow you to select two sizes to try on, keep the pair that fits, and return the other pair free of charge. Mott and Bow jeans look similar to brands like J Brand and Frame, with little to no branding and an emphasis on the perfect fit. The jeans range from $96-$130.

Fit: Compared to other premium brands like J Brand, Frame, and Rag and Bone, Mott and Bow tends to run a little larger. I am typically a 25 in premium brands, but had to size down to a 24 in Mott and Bow—and even that ran a little large in the waist. In addition, Mott and Bow doesn’t offer extended lengths in all of their styles—most styles come in only 28-inch and a 30-inch inseam. This is worth noting if you are petite and have a shorter inseam, or if you’re tall and need a longer inseam.

Fabric and wash: Mott and Bow has denim manufacturing down to a science, and their website walks you through the wash process, which includes resin application, oven curation, hand-scraping and hand-sanding, and adding the finishing touches. The fabric is a good medium weight denim with plenty of stretch, and the washes are authentic.

Favorites: Some of my personal favorites from this brand are the Bond High-Rise Skinny in Black w/Slits, the Orchard High-Rise Skinny in Dark Gray, and the Eldridge Mid-Rise Skinny in Medium Blue. For men, some great options are the Oliver Skinny in Raw, the Jay Skinny in Black, and the Leroy Slim in Medium Dark Gray.

FashionABLE is a line of sustainably-made clothing and accessories for women. What makes FashionABLE unique is that they hire women in impoverished communities, and those women are able to earn a living and support their families without resorting to prostitution. FashionABLE is a clothing brand that also aims to make a social impact and end generational poverty.

FashionABLE’s recently launched a denim line includes jeans in various cuts/washes, as well as denim shirts, shorts, and jackets. Like Mott and Bow, FashionABLE jeans have little to no branding and an emphasis on fit. Moreover, the brand provides unlimited exchanges via their website to ensure you find the perfect fit.

Fit, Fabric, Wash: Based on reviews of their denim, FashionABLE jeans tend to run true to size, and in some cases, they tend to run a bit large. Most of their jeans are made with stretch (cotton/poly/elastane blend), so you even if you do get a size down and they fit quite snug, they’ll eventually stretch out and mold to your body.

I love the range of washes offered in FashionABLE’s denim collection. It’s a small, capsule collection, but it includes all the denim essentials—a dark wash, black wash, light wash, and various cuts. My personal favorite is the Skinny in Angie wash—a black wash with slits at the knees. I also love the Slouch in Gennie wash.

So what do you all think? Would you try these denim brands? Any other new denim brands you love?

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10 Mar

When is a father born?

I have heard many times a saying that a mother is born when the child is born. I completely agree with it also. But when is a father born?

When do they start to bond with the child? Is the bonding only there when they are involved in the child’s activities? Or is it that it just finally dawns on then that they have a child now! How does it really work?

I am really perplexed as to how and when do they feel anything for this child that they have fathered. I have a husband who will not  do anything , and by that I mean as a regular routine. Her bath, sleep, feed, nothing. All he does is play with her for exactly 10 mins everyday. Is this because she is too small to demand or she is too small to play with. I play with her, I read her books, he just does not seem to do anything. Is this normal? I am very very disturbed frankly with what I see. Its like I am a single parent at times, except for the monetary aspect.

My daughter turned 10 months, he has not bought her a single toy till date. He feels she has no liking towards toys and she does not need any toy, rather she will play with the toys she has. I feel very sad. I do buy her things, but I feel why is it that he has never had an inclination to buy anything for her. It has been always me who even has to say about getting her new clothes or anything. It just never comes from him.

I am frustrated.

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Of Laziness And Writing

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“Ohmigod, Madz! You’re so lazy!”

“Ohmigod, will you shut up?”

Basically, that’s me and my conscience arguing. But before you freak out and start screaming “Crazy bitch!” at me, let me just clarify that I don’t normally talk to myself out loud. So I guess it’s safe to say that I still haven’t crossed that one line which separates sanity from full-on frenzy. Yet.

But that’s already bordering to Too Much Information kind of charter so let’s not discuss it again.

The point is, no matter how annoying my conscience could get, it’s still telling the truth. The truth that keeps smacking me in the face: I’m 110% lazy. Something I’ve come to terms with ever since I started my writing career.

You’d say procrastination. I’d say laziness. But fuck it. This is my blog.

So in honor of my laziness, I decided to start blogging again. Kidding. I created this blog so I have an excuse to return to blogosphere. Which I have been putting off for a long time in favor of being lazy.

Minus the guilt trip, laziness can be a lot of fun. Especially when it allows me to creep up on that random Facebook friend who has the habit of taking her relationship woes to social media. Or how it gives me the privilege to stay up-to-date to two strangers’ ongoing Twitter War. Did I mention I’m such a gossip too? No wonder I barely get things (read: writing) done every week. That’s how hopeless my case is.

But as they say, “Some good things never last.” That said, I decided to bid my laziness ado. Though it’s still debatable whether I could stick to it or not.

Until I’m done writing my chick lit novel perhaps?

Anyway, how does “Productivity A Day Challenge” sound?

Hahah. I’ll keep you posted.

The Lazy Writer

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Marketing SaaS providers have the talent, knowledge, finances, technical know-how and customer data needed to build an internal marketing agency, but will they?

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SaaS providers are likely to offer more opportunities for marketing agencies than competition. That said, in many cases, they have the talent, knowledge, finances, technical know-how and intrinsic insight into the customer (read: data) that they could move into the marketing-services industry more heavily, if desired.

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The implication for the B2B marketer is this: look to marketing agencies to fill the ever-increasing gap between product offerings/features and your internal staff capabilities. This is a fairly obvious situation: SaaS companies cannot offer professional services as it brings down their key investment ratios.  So you need to look to partners (like iNeoMarketing).

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I’m coming at you with a small haul!  I placed another order with front porch and I couldn’t help myself this week so I have another small one on its way 😀 . I am really enjoying Angie’s wax! Her wax has such an amazing throw even after hours of melting. I’ve been able to get a few days melts out of one tart. Once I get a few scents under my belt and learn which Front Porch scents are my favorite I’ll be placing some larger orders. So far my absolute favorite from her would be the Pink Peppermint Lavender! If you haven’t tried this one, give it a shot!

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Andrew’s Most Anticipated Films of 2014

With the year in film that was 2013 now a thing of the past (my top ten and year-end awards are coming soon), it’s now time to look ahead to those films set for release over the course of the next twelve months. While a few of my most anticipated films from 2013 will show up here after being pushed back, there will also be many other films to highly anticipate, which include new efforts from some of Hollywood’s most sought-after auteurs. Although it’s safe to say the process of getting down to just ten films was difficult, these are without question the films I am most anticipating in the coming months. Here’s hoping, when all is said and done, that 2014 is even half as good as 2013 was to us film enthusiasts.

Note: I have not included those 2014 releases I was fortunate enough to catch early at this past year’s Toronto International Film Festival. So no JoeUnder the Skin or The Sacrament to be found here.

Honorable Mentions: Ryan Gosling’s How to Catch a Monster, Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young, Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla, David Ayer’s Fury, Phil Lord & Chris Miller’s 22 Jump Street, Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-man 2, Richard Ayoade’s The Double, Denis Villeneuve’s Enemy, David Gordon Green’s Manglehorn

Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel

If shown a single frame from any one of his films, you’d probably instantly recognize the signature of its author, Wes Anderson. The Grand Budapest Hotel, his follow-up to 2012’s Moonrise Kingdom, is Anderson’s eighth feature-length outing as a director and once again sports an incredible ensemble cast featuring many of the usual suspects. Bill Murray, Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman are all there, supported by Anderson newcomers that include Jude Law, Saoirse Ronan and Ralph Fiennes. Fiennes plays Gustave H, a hotel concierge who becomes friends with a lobby boy, albeit while the theft of a priceless Renaissance painting sets chaotic events into motion. Using various aspect ratios and a truly Andersonian color palette, here’s hoping the overt quirkiness of the concept leaves enough room for the characters to breathe. I’ve been impressed with Anderson’s ability to really bring some really powerful human emotion to his last few films, so here’s hoping he brings more to The Grand Budapest Hotel. It hits theaters March 7th.

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The Academy & I: 2008

After the exceptional year in film that was 2007, to see a fall-off in the quality of motion pictures the following year wasn’t all that unexpected. While 2008 certainly had its fair share of great films, you’d be hard-pressed to find many that were fairly represented at the following year’s Oscar ceremony. What the Academy did give us that year, however, was the last truly great Oscar host in Hugh Jackman. He took what is often-times an incredibly lackluster show and made it quite simply, great entertainment. It was, however, magic that we unfortunately haven’t seen in the ceremonies since. 2008 would also mark a notable shift in the Academy’s nomination process, as it would be the last year in which they would only get to nominate five films for Best Picture, but more on that in the next entry.

2008 was a year in which the Academy chose to frustrate my inner-cinephile like no other. Sure, there were many nominees and winners who were very deserving, but there were just as many head-scratching nominees and victors who would have been left out in the cold in any other year. It was a year that heralded the comeback of a once great screen actor, but also saw the loss of one of the industry’s most promising young thespians. It was a year that saw The Dark Knight take the critics and box office by storm, only to be shunned in most of the major categories by Hollywood’s greatest institution.

As I take a look back on the year in film that was 2008, I will delve into those films that I personally felt best represented the year, as opposed to those that were actually represented come Oscar night.

Best Cinematography

2008, for all intensive purposes, was the year of Slumdog Millionaire. One of the film’s many wins on Oscar night was for the bright color-infused work by cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle. Known for his collaborations with not only Slumdog helmer Danny Boyle, but the crazy Dane himself Lars von Trier, there is no doubt Dod Mantle does solid work here, but it’s certainly not a career-best. Other nominees in the category included Wally Pfister’s work in The Dark Knight as well as that of Claudio Miranda in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. While my thoughts on the film itself may not exactly match up with my declaration here, there is no doubt Miranda’s work with David Fincher on Button is exceptional. It’s interesting to note then that Miranda’s nomination was the first ever awarded by the Academy to a film shot entirely digitally. Although I am very much on the side of film stock when it comes to the raging cinematography debate, Fincher’s films continue to be the best example of digital cinematography, highlighted by Miranda’s work here. He would go on to win the Oscar for lensing Life of Pi just this past year, but it’s safe to say it doesn’t top his timeless work on Button.

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Andrew’s Journey Through TIFF 2013: Episode II

The Toronto International Film Festival is one of the first stops on the journey through film awards season. This year, Andrew was fortunate enough to be in attendance and is now recapping the films and events he attended while at TIFF.

TIFF Day 4

Following the insanely energetic experience of Midnight Madness the night prior, it’s safe to say that I would have benefited greatly from a solid night’s sleep. It wasn’t meant to be however, as the next morning I had a film scheduled for 9AM. Four hours of sleep later I woke up and around 7:30 walked to the Metro station, not even aware that it was Sunday. The station was closed of course and so I did what any intelligent person would do: take the six mile journey on foot. Now that may not sound all that impressive, but when you’re only going on a few hours of sleep and your feet are already blistered up from waiting in endless lines the day prior, it is. I sped walk the whole way and made it in about an hour to the TIFF Bell Lightbox, perhaps the finest movie theatre I’ve ever had the pleasure of being a patron of. I plopped down in the first row, exhausted.

Jason Reitman’s Labor Day

My 9am film that day just so happened to be Jason Reitman’s Labor Day, a total change of pace from the kind of films Reitman’s made thus far in his still young career. Centered on a depressed single mom (Kate Winslet) and her son (Gattlin Griffith) whose worlds are upset upon the arrival of a wounded convict (Josh Brolin) who recently escaped from a local prison, it’s a definitively more low-key drama than Reitman’s norm. Labor Day is a work of extreme confidence without much in the way of Reitman’s usual comedic tinge and although he’s already proven adept at drama, it’s still quite a shock to the system at first. All three of the leads give fine, quiet performances that deliver a sense of intimacy not felt in most awards-player dramas.  One negative note however, is that Labor Day is yet another film featuring Tobey Maguire voice-over. Now I am not a hater of voice-over in general, but here it doesn’t seem to serve the story of the film in a particularly compelling way. Overall, I’m still not entirely sure how I feel about the film due to my severe lack of sleep, but it’s definitely an interesting drama that I very much look forward to viewing again upon it’s official theatrical release.

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Mobile commerce has reached and passed its tipping point: more than 60% of the U.S. population now owns smartphones. But mobile commerce is about much more than just the "location-based strategies" and apps that are discussed in other books on the topic. The Mobile Commerce Revolution covers what you need to know to capitalize on history's greatest shifts in human and consumer behavior -- from infrastructure to culture, strategy to tactics. Written by Tim Hayden and Tom Webster, two of mobile technology and media's pioneering thought leaders, this actionable guide is packed with brand-new case studies and practical guidance from small startups to large brands. The authors share their immense experience to help you:

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Tim Hayden is Principal Strategist at TTH Strategy, a consultancy that provides guidance to organizations faced with business processes and communications challenges. He also serves as an investor and advisory board member to several ventures in cloud, mobile, and social technology. Prior to TTH Strategy, Tim led Edelman Digital’s North American mobile program, and cofounded 44Doors, an SaaS mobile marketing platform. He was a founder and partner in other startups including NION Interactive and GamePlan, an experiential marketing agency that produced solutions for brands including AMD, Bacardi USA, Dell, Humana, and IBM using the integrated “Live+Mobile+Online” methodology that Tim coined in 2007. He is a graduate of Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

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Tom Webster is Vice President of Strategy for Edison Research, a custom market research company best known as the sole providers of exit polling data during US elections for all the major news networks. He has nearly 20 years of experience researching consumer usage of technology, new media, and social networking. Tom is the principal author of a number of widely cited studies, including The Social Habit, Twitter Users in America, and the coauthor of The Infinite Dial, America’s longest running research series on digital media consumption. He is a graduate of Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, and holds an MBA from the Bryan School of Business and Economics at the University of North Carolina.


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Cliodhna O’Connor and Helene Joffe on the ‘ripple effects’ generated as a piece of neuroscience leaves the laboratory.

The early years of the 21st century saw the increasing prominence of neuroscientific ideas in society. Popular science texts that drew heavily on neuroscientific findings became fixtures of bestseller lists, while neuroscientific concepts and imagery made regular appearances in novels, art galleries and museums. In the media, neuroscience became a standard reference point for explaining topical social and political issues: the global financial crisis, ascendance of ISIS and massacre on Utøya Island were just some of the events explained with reference to the relevant actors’ neural processes. Campaigners against pornography, video games and social media began to employ neuroscientific concepts to paint the respective activities as dangerously addictive. Security companies advertised lie-detecting brain scans to lawyers, governments, employers and insurance companies, and brain images were admitted as evidence in courtrooms to argue that accused criminals could not control their violent impulses. Vials of oxytocin were sold as ‘Liquid Trust’ for use in dating and the workplace, while 2010 saw the commercial launch of ‘Neuro Drinks’, a range of ‘drinks with a purpose’ that variously claimed to target the neurochemical foundations of sleep, alertness, mood, appetite control, libido, immunity and fitness.

Many have celebrated the prospects the so-called ‘neuro-revolution’ offers for advances in medicine, business and politics (Lynch, 2009). However, the cultural enthusiasm for neuroscience also has its detractors. So far, the most vocal criticisms focus on the frequently incorrect or exaggerated nature of popular neuroscience claims. Yet accuracy is not the only – or necessarily the most important – standard by which popular neuroscience can be appraised. In his recent book, Jarrett (2015) argues that many ‘brain myths’ are not merely factually incorrect, but actively harmful to those who come into contact with them; some brain myths, for example, perpetuate damaging stereotypes or ideologies.

While the factual accuracy of a given neuroscientific claim can be determined by neuroscientific experts, questions about that claim’s effects on society call out for an alternative analysis. Social psychological theories of knowledge, communication, attitudes, emotion and behaviour are ideally positioned to conceptualise the socio-cultural ripple-effects generated as a piece of science leaves the laboratory and enters wider society. Likewise, established social scientific methodological tools like surveys, interviews and textual analyses can empirically capture the repercussions that neuroscientific ideas have for the individuals and communities who encounter them.

Fortunately, over the last few years, a growing body of research has been applying these methodological tools to enlighten the position neuroscience occupies in contemporary society. In this article, we consider the key themes that characterise popular representations of neuroscience, and the risks and opportunities that lie therein.

In 2012 our research group published an analysis of 3000 articles discussing brain research that had appeared in the British press in the previous decade (O’Connor et al., 2012). Our analysis showed that by far the greatest preoccupation related to ways individuals could enhance or protect their brain function. Almost half of the articles, flagged by titles like ‘10 scientifically proven ways to boost your brain’, advised readers about lifestyle or dietary changes that would allegedly increase their neurocognitive capacity or guard against cognitive decline. Similar themes are found in other analyses of media coverage of neuroscience internationally (Thornton, 2011).

It seems that this media trend has registered with the lay public: a recent interview study we conducted, which asked members of the public to describe their associations with ‘brain research’, found that respondents often mentioned ‘brain-training’ and expressed concern that they were failing to fully exploit their brain’s potential (O’Connor & Joffe, 2015). The interviewees also echoed a well-worn media trope in frequently comparing brain enhancement to physical exercise, implying that ensuring brain health requires a continuous programme of self-discipline.

What are the potential risks and benefits of this current interest in brain enhancement? So far, there is little evidence that commonly advised techniques, such as playing brain-training games and eating fish oils, have substantive or sustained neurocognitive effects (e.g. Kirby et al., 2010; Owen et al., 2010). However, some have suggested that the experience of deliberately ‘working on’ one’s brain may nonetheless have positive psychological consequences. Neuro-enhancement practices intrinsically convey an understanding of the brain as plastic and malleable to individual will. Rose (2007) and Malabou (2008) suggest that consciousness of the brain’s plasticity may afford a greater sense of control over one’s life. Extensive research shows that the experience of self-determination is linked with a range of positive psychological, social and material outcomes (Deci & Ryan, 2008).

However, this valorisation of individual autonomy also has a darker side. Many social psychologists have drawn attention to the role played by individualistic values in solidifying inequalities and obscuring the influence of socio-structural factors on individuals’ life-outcomes (Joffe & Staerklé, 2007; Sampson, 1988). The brain enhancement trend coheres with a cultural context in which individuals are afforded sole responsibility for their future health, wealth and wellbeing. Thornton (2011) contends that appeals for brain-training ultimately function to trap people in ‘endless projects of self-optimization in which individuals are responsible for continuously working on their own brains to produce themselves as better parents, workers, and citizens’ (p.2). The worry is that exposure to constant appeals to ‘work on’ one’s brain will generate endemic guilt and anxiety about the insufficiency of one’s efforts, and that cases of neuropathology will ultimately come to be seen as the individual’s own fault. In a society facing increasing rates of dementia and psychiatric disorder, this will compound the difficulties of these already vulnerable populations.

Individual responsibility for neurocognitive productivity may also place particular pressures on parents. Research shows that brain enhancement ideas frequently appear in popular parenting literature (Thornton, 2011), where parents are told they can boost their child’s IQ by adopting certain nutritional, recreational or socio-emotional practices. This advice is often socially loaded: women who work outside the home, opt not to breastfeed, or fail to heed warnings about ‘neurotoxins’ during pregnancy are frequently condemned as irresponsible or uncaring mothers (O’Connor & Joffe, 2013). Claims regarding the lasting neurobiological effects of early experiences have been enthusiastically adopted by policy makers (Macvarish et al., 2014). In Britain a 2011 governmental report Early Intervention: Smart Investment, Massive Savings, backed by all political parties, drew heavily on neuroscientific evidence to emphasise the moral and economic imperative of early intervention in the children of ‘problem families’, which would allegedly reduce teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, crime and unemployment. Early intervention initiatives can indeed yield many positive results for families. However, they can also serve political agendas by situating the causes of social problems within parental failings, rather than structural issues of poverty and inequality. Since framing debate in terms of shrunken infant brains affords an emotive urgency and scientific gloss to these policy agendas, neuroscientific ideas can be used to justify the withdrawal of social support systems and the stigmatisation of disadvantaged communities.

It is, however, important not to be overly deterministic about the potentially negative repercussions of the media focus on brain enhancement. Recent studies show that while people often raise these ideas when conversing about neuroscience, relatively few actually engage in brain enhancement practices (O’Connor & Joffe, 2015). Despite their strong media and policy presence, appeals for brain enhancement are not experienced as sufficiently compelling to have affected day-to-day behaviour. One exception is in universities, where there is increasing concern about student use of artificial cognitive enhancers: yet even here, the proportion of students who use such measures is under 10 per cent (Singh et al., 2014).

Worries that brain enhancement discourses are feeding an increasingly competitive, individualistic society may therefore be somewhat premature. Nevertheless, a critical perspective on the ways brain enhancement can be drawn into socio-political agendas remains necessary. Given the limited evidence of the effectiveness of brain enhancement exercises, there is also an opportunity cost to consider: most people’s leisure hours are limited, and time spent playing brain-training computer games is time not spent in activities with demonstrable benefits for physical and psychological health, such as exercising or connecting with loved ones.

Underlining group differences
In the media, many of the group divisions that exist in our society – relating to variables such as gender, sexuality, criminality and mental illness – are frequently traced to these groups’ possession of distinct neural characteristics (O’Connor et al., 2012). This theme is exemplified in the ubiquitous phrase ‘the [female/gay/depressed/criminal] brain’, which implies the existence of a homogeneous brain ‘type’ that is universally shared by all members of that category. Popular neuroscience can thus purvey essentialist representations of social groups as biological ‘kinds’ (O’Connor & Joffe, 2014c)

Many welcome the advent of neuroscientific explanations of social difference, due to their perceived ability to ameliorate stigma. For instance, mental health charities strongly campaign for greater public awareness of the biological roots of mental illness, because they assume that this will foster more tolerant attitudes. Research shows that this expectation is shared by people with psychiatric diagnoses, for whom neuroscientific explanations can be critically important resources in sustaining positive personal and social identities (Buchman et al., 2013). Neuroscientific explanations have also been recruited to justify arguments for less punitive responses to crime and addiction, and to support the ‘born this way’ narrative of sexual orientation, which has historically been a key plank of the gay rights movement. Endorsing biological theories of sexuality does indeed correlate with more positive attitudes towards sexual minorities (Haslam & Levy, 2006).

Anti-stigma campaigners’ hope that neuroscientific advances will prove a panacea for fighting social prejudices, however, may be unrealistic. The psychological essentialism literature has amassed an impressive body of research showing that for many social categories, such as gender, race and obesity, biological explanations consistently promote stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination (Dar-Nimrod & Heine, 2011). The literature shows more positive effects in relation to biological theories of mental illness and sexual orientation, yet even these are not unambiguous. While biological explanations of mental illness do reduce blame for inappropriate behaviour, they also increase fear, perceived dangerousness, harsh treatment and social distance (Read et al., 2006). Similarly, representations of homosexuality as biologically determined can be used to purvey an image of sexual minorities as intrinsically disordered (Kahn & Fingerhut, 2011). Furthermore, in the criminal justice system, neuroscientific explanations are not consistently linked with more compassionate responses to deviance: in some contexts, they can increase rather than decrease punitive attitudes and sentencing decisions (Saks et al., 2014). Neuroscientific explanations of difference may therefore be a double-edged sword when it comes to intergroup relations.

The ambiguous effects of neuroscience on stigma should not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with the attitude change literature. Decades of research show that gaining new knowledge is a poor predictor of attitude or behaviour change (Ajzen et al., 2011). Indeed, due to the motivated nature of human reasoning, incoming scientific information is often reconstructed so that it supports, rather than challenges, existing values and beliefs (Kahan et al., 2011). This was vividly illustrated by a recent project we conducted, which analysed how representations of a particular study of sex differences in brain structure evolved as the neuroscientific information moved from the initial journal article, through a university press release, into the traditional media and online commentary (O’Connor & Joffe, 2014a). Our analysis documented how aspects of the research that resonated with traditional gender stereotypes were preferentially emphasised by the press release, media accounts, and the researchers themselves in their interviews with journalists. Furthermore, elements of stereotypes not mentioned in the original research report, such as women’s supposedly greater affinity for parenting and ‘multitasking’, were reconstituted in media coverage as the key ‘findings’ of the study. Our results suggested that scientific research on sex difference offers an opportunity for society to rehearse and reinforce prevailing gender stereotypes, which then benefit from the air of science that brain-information bestows. Thus, due to the human propensity to interpret external information in line with existing socio-emotional commitments, neuroscientific explanations of social difference may engrain rather than challenge existing group divisions.

A rhetorical tool
A final theme that runs throughout popular uptake of brain research relates to the use of neuroscience for rhetorical purposes. Early experimental research suggested that neuroscientific words and imagery have a persuasive effect termed a ‘seductive allure’: attaching irrelevant neuro-stimuli to an article made readers judge that article as more convincing (McCabe & Castel, 2009; Weisberg et al., 2009). Neuroscience’s persuasive power outstrips that of other scientific fields: there is apparently something distinctively compelling about brain-based explanations (Fernandez-Duque et al., 2015). Our media analyses showed that this rhetorical advantage is extensively exploited in media dialogue (O’Connor et al., 2012). In our media data, the basic content of the brain information introduced was often superficial: it was put to explanatory effect and boasted the ‘feel’ of an explanation, but its actual explanatory power was weak. For instance, observing that children’s neural activity changes while playing video games is not surprising, since any activity necessarily has unique neurochemical correlates. Yet this finding (and the fMRI images that illustrate it) can be effectively deployed to argue that modern technology is defiling the minds of today’s youth. The term ‘neurorealism’ has been coined to describe the process by which neuroscience research is used to validate a certain view of the world (Racine et al., 2005). For instance, neuroscientific evidence might be recruited to prove that prisoners ‘really are’ intrinsically depraved, or that religious experiences ‘really do’ lead people to higher mental planes. In pointing to neural correlates of a phenomenon, writers can portray themselves as dispassionate observers demonstrating the simple fact of their worldview’s basis in the natural order.

Thus, neuroscience’s ability to imbue arguments with objective, scientific authority makes it an effective vessel for propagating beliefs, values and ideologies. This is worrying, since those who exploit neuroscience’s rhetorical power for commercial or political gain jeopardise the public’s relationship with science more broadly. Public trust in science currently remains high, despite ongoing high-profile controversies over issues like MMR vaccination and climate change (Ipsos MORI, 2014). However, this trust is precarious: for many people, science also invokes a sense of fear and intimidation. People without a scientific background tend to be acutely conscious of the disparity in knowledge (and hence power) between themselves and apparent scientific experts (O’Connor & Joffe, 2014b). As a consequence of this imbalance, they typically defer to those who speak about science in an authoritative manner, even when the scientific argument is equivocal or under-developed. Rhetorical uses of neuroscience could therefore deter people from contributing to public debates or manipulate them into supporting agendas that are against their interest.

It is, however, important not to overstate the risks inherent in neuroscience’s rhetorical power. The original experimental evidence of neuroscience’s ‘seductive allure’ has proved challenging to replicate (Farah & Hook, 2013). Emerging research suggests that the seductive allure may indeed exist, but in an extremely context-dependent way (Scurich & Shniderman, 2014). Specifically, people who already agree with a given proposition show the neuroimage-credibility effect when the neuroimage supports their own opinion, but those affiliated with opposing positions do not. Thus, it should not be assumed that laypeople will automatically capitulate to arguments that appeal to ‘neurorealism’. When the argument is one with which they are motivated to disagree, laypeople are capable of marshalling resistance and counterarguments, or indeed re-appropriating the same scientific principle to suit their own purposes. For instance, findings of sex differences in brain structure can be recruited to support both religious and feminist conceptions of gender, by construing the brain differences as ‘proof’ of the power of either divine design or cultural role-divisions (O’Connor & Joffe, 2014a).

Finally, it is important to remember that despite the extensive media coverage, for many if not most of the lay public, neuroscience remains mere background noise in everyday life. Many people do not notice its prominence in the media, and certainly do not actively seek its input in their day-to-day activity (O’Connor & Joffe, 2014b). Until placed in a position where neuroscience suddenly becomes personally relevant (e.g. when one develops a brain disorder), neuroscience’s direct influence on everyday thought and behaviour may be limited. To overestimate the sway neuroscience holds over the lay public would perpetuate the very ‘neuro-hype’ that is under criticism (Pickersgill, 2013).

As neuroscience’s position in public spheres expands, it is important that its wider social and psychological implications continue to be scrutinised. Empirical research on the topic has highlighted a number of principles that should guide us. First, neuroscience’s effects on lay populations are not linear or predictable: scientific information is mediated through complex social psychological systems that can reject, reconstruct or repurpose it. Careful research is required to uncover these patterns. Second, discussion of neuroscience’s societal effects tends to focus on the ways it could transform society, yet the ways it can solidify existing features of social reality are equally deserving of attention. Evidence collected to date suggests that the most critical implications of neuroscience may lie in reinforcing, rather than revolutionising, the status quo. Finally, there is a clear role for social psychology in delineating the position neuroscience occupies in contemporary society. Most existing discussion of the trend comes from neuroscientists themselves, who tend to focus on the factual (in)accuracy of popular neuroscience claims. Yet establishing truth/falsehood contributes little to uncovering the substantive effects that a piece of knowledge has as it moves through society, since a scientifically sound idea can easily be used in socially destructive ways. To fully understand the promises and perils inherent in popular reconstructions of neuroscience, the theories and techniques of social psychology must be applied to unpick how the widespread circulation of neuroscientific concepts affects how we see ourselves, other people and the world around us.

Meet the authors
‘When we began researching this topic in 2011, neuroscience’s star was very much on the rise in popular culture. The conversations and column inches that might previously have been devoted to genetics or biotechnology were increasingly absorbed with the brain. At the time, this cultural shift was inciting much debate among philosophers and sociologists, many of whom asserted that neuroscience was revolutionising commonsense understandings of self, others and society. Tellingly, however, these dramatic claims were rarely accompanied by reference to empirical research that tracked the social and psychological impacts that neuroscientific ideas were having. We set out to investigate the empirical evidence for these assumed effects. Our research confirms that neuroscience features prominently in the mass media and is increasingly drawn upon in commercial, educational and social policies. However, direct research with members of the public suggests that in everyday thought and behaviour a true “neuro society” remains some way off.’

Cliodhna O’Connor
is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Maynooth University
[email protected]

Helene Joffe
is Professor of Psychology at University College London
[email protected]

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Round 17 squads: Brisbane vs Central Coast

Sunday, 2 February 2014
Brisbane Roar v Central Coast Mariners –
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Kick-off: 4:00pm local (5:00pm AEDT)
Referee: Strebre Delovski
Assistant Referee 1: Nathan MacDonald
Assistant Referee 2: Anton Shchetinin
Fourth Official: Alan Milliner

TV Broadcast: 4.30pm (AEDT) Live and exclusive coverage on FOX Sports 1HD and Sky Sport 2 (New Zealand).
Radio Broadcast: 612 ABC Brisbane, ABC Local Radio QLD, 92.5 ABC Central Coast, Grandstand Digital Brisbane. Online/Mobile phone app

Brisbane Roar have scored at least once in 15 of their last 16 league meetings with Central Coast Mariners.

No player has created more chances for his teammates this season than Brisbane Roar’s Thomas Broich (54).

No side has kept more clean sheets this term than the Central Coast Mariners (7).

Only one of the last nine matches between these sides has ended in a draw.

Brisbane Roar squad: 1.Michael THEO, 2.Matthew SMITH (c), 3.Shane STEFANUTTO,7. Besart BERISHA, 10.HENRIQUE, 11.Liam MILLER, 13.Jade NORTH, 14. Diogo FERREIRA, 15. James DONACHIE, 17.Matt McKAY, 18.Luke BRATTAN, 19.Jack HINGERT, 20.Matthew ACTON (gk), 22.Thomas BROICH, 23.Dimitri PETRATOS, 26. Corey BROWN, 27. Devante CLUT, 28.Brandon BORRELLO
“*Two to be omitted**

Ins: 7.Besart BERISHA (returns from suspension), 11. Liam MILLER (returns from injury), 17. Matt MCKAY (returns from injury)

Outs: 35.Jai INGHAM (omitted)

Unavailable: 5.Ivan FRANJIC (stomach injury – one week), 16. Jean Carlos SOLORZANO (awaiting international clearance) 25.George LAMBADARDIS (knee – season) Kofi DANNING (knee – indefinite)

Central Coast Mariners Squad: 1. Justin PASFIELD (Gk), 2. Daniel MCBREEN, 3. Joshua ROSE, 4. Marcel SEIP, 5. Zachary ANDERSON, 6. Brent GRIFFITHS, 7. John HUTCHINSON (C), 8. Nick MONTGOMERY, 9. Mitchell DUKE, 11. Nick FITZGERALD, 12. Liam REDDY (Gk), 13. Hayden MORTON, 15. Storm ROUX, 16. Trent SAINSBURY, 17. Anthony CACERES, 19. Matt SIMON, 20. Bernie IBINI, 21. Mile STERJOVSKI
**Two to be omitted**

Ins: 4. Marcel SEIP (promoted), 13. Hayden MORTON (promoted)
Outs: Nil

Unavailable: 10. Marcos FLORES (knee – season), 14. Michael MCGLINCHEY (on loan – Vegalta Sendai), 18. Michael NEILL (knee – season), 23. Adam KWASNIK (knee – season)

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