2012 by Anders Wijkman and Johan Rockstrom. From its book review in Nature. “…unlike previous pessimistic assessments of tipping points for humanity and Earth, this book combines a critique of political and economic systems with an assessment of global ecology.” “…rarely have [arguments] been gathered together in one place to clarify the links between politics, economics and […]
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tl;dr version (snap summary) = the web offers cheap data and subjects, but anonymity can erode contexts. Annual Review Psychology 2006. 57:529–55 doi: 10.1146/annurev.psych.57.102904.190048 Abstract: “This chapter reviews studies published in American Psychological Association (APA) journals from 2003–2004 and additional studies (received in response to listserv requests) that used the Internet to collect data (N […]
Read MoreFisher, Matthew; Goddu, Mariel K.; Keil, Frank C. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, Vol 144(3), Jun 2015 http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2015-13957-001/ [ pdf ] Abstract: As the Internet has become a nearly ubiquitous resource for acquiring knowledge about the world, questions have arisen about its potential effects on cognition. Here we show that searching the Internet for explanatory knowledge creates […]
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