Facebook Exploits Our Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations

“The will to win, the desire to succeed, the…

Matthew Patrick: Game Theorist and Social Capitalist

A Lie is a Lie

Fake news is everywhere. There are hundreds of websites devoted to just posting fake news. Sites like ‘The Onion’ for example…

Relationship Status = Fake

I posted the fake news on Sunday February at 12 pm on Facebook. I said I was in a relationship but I did not tag anyone else. I did not want to involve someone else in this. I told my mother before posting but no one else. Seconds after my best friend from home text me about it…

Social Capital — Who’s Worth It and Who’s Not?

There is more than one way to measure your “wealth” in society. The most obvious way is economic capital — how much money a person has. Many times we associate wealth with status: celebrities have a high amount of economic capital and they have…

It’s True, We Live in Public

Before the Internet was the monster it is now, there was one man who saw the potential of the Internet. He saw how the Internet would reshape our society into a culture based on promoting your personal life in public. This man was Josh Harris. He was a man before his time.

We All Live in Public

Danny Cohen, Tim Berners-Lee, Mark Zuckerberg, and Josh Harris? What do these people have in common? Although you may…

“Enemy”

Fake News. Fake News. Fake News. Fake News.

Whether it is in all caps, finding itself to be the keystone of our new president’s tweets, or coming out of the mouth of your closest relative; the idea of fake news is essential at this current moment.

Fake News — A Dangerous Fire to Play With

Recently for a class of mine, we were asked to post a fake news story and spread it on…

Gullibility of Drunk Students

When food writers discuss food, they should divide it into two categories: sober food and drunk food. Sober food is what you eat when you go to a fancy restaurant and want real artisanship put into your food. It’s what you want to spend lots of money on eating. Drunk food is…