Internet relationships and relationships with the internet, the end of British musical history, robots with body language …

• 1 – Poptimist – English Settlement

  “Thirty years on from punk, music in the UK has reached a settlement, with most aesthetic questions presumed answered, like Francis Fukuyama’s end of history applied to pop.Though when you think about it, what does “end of history” mean but “no future”?”

  (tags: NME diffusion taste media radio scene music UK)

• 2 – How to Wake Up Feeling Totally Alert

  “If you wake up groggy, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. It just means you’re making some physiological mistakes, and those mistakes can be corrected. The only way to get there, however, is to try something else.”

  (tags: fitness productivity health habits rising early sleep)

• 3 – So, are you and the Internet a thing?

  “A new poll shows that nearly 1 in 4 Americans say the Internet could be a stand-in for a significant other for a period of time. Among singles, the percentage was even higher: 31 percent.” My love is not so forbidden as I thought.

  (tags: relationships psychology partnership introversion internet)

• 4 – Android acquires nonverbal communication skills

  “… the robot’s body language aims to simplify communication with people likely to have trouble interacting with robots, including children, the elderly, the computer-illiterate, and people who speak other languages.”

  (tags: technology communication non-verbal language body android robot)

• 5 – Somewhere Deep Down, We Still Care. Don’t We?

  “I think people are becoming desensitized to violence and suffering at a much earlier age these days. And I’m pretty sure it has a lot do with the way we’ve accepted violence, and even glorified it, in popular culture.” Hmmm.

  (tags: violence society psychology ethics emotions emotio human culture popular)

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