Contact Hypothesis! This although with a stretch ties in nicely with yesterday’s post/rant!
from the TED blog:
The researchers] surveyed 180 Bosnian Muslims about their attitudes towards Bosnian Serbs in the wake of the earlier conflict. They found that Bosnian Muslims who had more Serb friends and who identified more with a sense of being “Bosnian,” rather than “Bosnian Muslim” or “Bosniak,” also tended to show more empathy for Serbs as a group, to be more trusting of Serbs, and to see Serbs as more varied — all of which predicted greater levels of forgiveness and more positive attitudes towards the Serbs.
This pattern is consistent with what’s known as the “contact hypothesis” in social psychology, which states that more high quality contact between groups promotes intergroup reconciliation.
A Poem About Seeking and Finding!
from TED here:
I enjoyed the TED talk, do try to view the 18 minute talk!
a poem I transcribed from the TED talk!
He who seeks truth shall find beauty
He who seeks beauty shall find vanity
He who seeks order shall find gratification
He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed
He who considers himself the servant of his fellow being
shall find the joy of self expression
He who seeks self expression shall fall into the pit of
arrogance
Arrogance is incompatible with nature
Through nature , the nature of the universe, the nature of man
we shall seek truth
Through truth we shall find beauty.
Great Commercial On Something That Interest Me 20080315 Edition
Farewell to HBO's The WIRE
It took 5 years, a few short of 60 episodes and probably 30 memorable characters dead but The Wire comes full circle and delivers a respectful ending. Few people knew about you but damn those who did really loved the you! Call me crazy but I’d take The Wire over every other drama bar none!
The Wire always ends its season with a montage that is almost like a whole episode in itself!
Here is the series ending montage for the groundbreaking series The Wire!(edit:removed from youtube)
See The World Through Another Persons Eyes!
In Support of Pangea Day:
I bring you a remake of the iconic grocery man blocking chinese tanks video!
See pangeaday.org for more videos and other resources.