Tag: manipulation

The difference with an emotionally calculating person is the lack of any interest in reciprocation. When we are calculating, we only care about what others can do for us.

When we seek out human company, but the people around us turn to their smartphones rather than interacting with us, we feel phubbed. It’s a momentary insult, but we can get over it…. more emotion Phoneliness

This week’s episode of the podcast of This Human Business considers the alternative forms of time that elude the unrelenting mechanistic progress of Chronos, the lord of clocks. We’re used to hearing time… more emotion Torschlusspanik

In 1970, the robotics professor Masahiro Mori articulated the feeling of the uncanny valley, an emotional reaction against unsentient objects that have been designed to mimic human beings. While people can feel quite… more emotion The Uncanny Valley