Charles SpezzanoBABY RACISTHow young was I when the sight of a black or Asian person evoked a different emotion in me than the sight of a Caucasian person? Early in…Sep 9, 2020Sep 9, 2020
Charles SpezzanoOF HUMAN (WATCH) BONDAGEBefore “Burning Man” and “Fifty Shades of Grey” made BDSM (or revealed it to be) an emerging mainstream means of escape, the world of…Jul 25, 2020Jul 25, 2020
Charles SpezzanoThe Convulsive Aesthetic in Collecting and Hoarding: and a tale of the two most iconic watchesIt is hard to have a theory about collecting without emphasizing the excitement, which is its fuel. The feeling of excitement is also the…Jul 12, 2020Jul 12, 2020
Charles SpezzanoPractice DyingPlato recommended that we not wait passively for the end, that we practice dying. It sounds like a most unnatural idea but actually the…Jul 7, 2020Jul 7, 2020
Charles SpezzanoThe Cost of Things: Spending TimeYou don’t really pay for things with money. You pay for them with time. “In five years, I’ll have put enough away to buy that vacation…Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Charles SpezzanoThe Marshmallow TestAlmost a half-century ago, psychologist Walter Mischel sat a series of 4-year-old children at table on which he had placed a small…Jul 5, 2020Jul 5, 2020
Charles SpezzanoThe “Flynn Effect” (or Elders have become youngsters)The “Flynn Effect” (named for psychologist James Flynn) refers to the research evidence that 75-year-old people today function cognitively…Jun 27, 2020Jun 27, 2020
Charles SpezzanoIs it Fun to Buy a Watch?I was a late watch-bloomer, wearing mostly under-$100 quartz watches until I was in my late 30s. The fun part of this approach was that my…Jun 26, 2020Jun 26, 2020
