Episode 8: Smartphones Alter Our Perception A psychological study once proved that job candidates whose resumes were attached to heavier clipboards were viewed as more competent and worthy of hiring than candidates whose resumes were attached to lightweight clipboards. The human brains cognitive bias based on weight and size, on the perception of physical properties, can therefore drastically change how we perceive people. Is it possible, then, that the size and mobility of our phones change the way we perceive the information about the world and those people we care about? Is it possible that these tiny and lightweight windows which we can so easily swipe through with a flick of our fingers cause us to perceive the world's events and the lives of our friends and family with the same sense of transient disregard, as small and inferior and not full of weighty worth? #streamofconsciousness #unconscious #subconscious #philosophy #podcast #vlog #ego #psychology #neuroscience #society #technology #criticalthought #science #learntogether #futurism #future #politics #progress #socialjustice // #dialogue , #challenge and #discomfort are #motivations for #progress // #pdx #wandering #thoughts #perception #smartphones

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