Vanity Publishing will Rescue the Print Media The print media should jump on the wagon: they should solicit contributions from citizen journalists, bloggers, i-reporters, and e-columnists. These content providers are likely to be satisfied with a mere byline for their remuneration (seeing their name in print!) Having thus cut their costs by leveraging the public's vanity, newspapers and magazines will be able to concentrate on customer relations (via their internet properties and social networking tools) and on what they do best: coherent aggregation, contextual commentary, and communal branding.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Internet, web, browser, software, application, content, digital content, Britannica, Encarta, distribution, rights management, downloads, e-books, e-publishing, copyright, brands, reference, user generated content, Web, Wikipedia, spam, malware, Twitter, social networking, YouTube Why Narcissists Cheat on their Spouses, Commit Adultery and have Extramarital Affairs and Liaisons Marriage, monogamy, and child-bearing and rearing are common activities that characterize the average person. The narcissist feels robbed of his uniqueness by these pursuits and coerced into the relationship and into roles - such as a husband and a father - that reduce him to the lowest of common denominators. This narcissistic injury leads him to rebel and reassert his superiority and specialness by maintaining extramarital affairs.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, abuse, antisocial, battering, divorce, domestic violence, dsm-iv, ego, harassment, narcissism, narcissistic, narcissistic personality disorder, npd, object relations, personality, personality disorders, psychodynamics, psychopaths, psychotherapy, relationships, self, spousal abuse, stalk Why is Mathematics so Successful? Mathematics is a language like no other. Still, it suffers from the drawbacks that afflict other languages. The structure of our language, its inter-relatedness with the world, and its inherent limitations dictate our worldview and determine how we understand, describe and explain Nature and our place in it.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, philosophy, mind, ethics, moraility, robot, Turing, automata, cognitive, psychology, physics, science, culture, power, technology, virtual, ontology, quantum mechanics, epistemology, AI, artificial intelligence, narcissism, dream, consciousness, machine, superman, art, artist, society, r Symbol and Essence There are three types of symbols.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, philosophy, mind, ethics, moraility, robot, Turing, automata, cognitive, psychology, physics, science, culture, power, technology, virtual, ontology, quantum mechanics, epistemology, AI, artificial intelligence, narcissism, dream, consciousness, machine, superman, art, artist, society, r Second Ohrid Framwork Agreement: Resolution of the Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute The only way to resolve the seemingly intractable name dispute between Greece and Macedonia is to internationalize it. The negotiations should openly include - besides the primary parties and the hapless UN negotiator, Nimetz - the USA, the EU, and, possibly, Russia.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece REVIEW: The Britannica Guide to Climate Change The book is refreshing in its objectivity and candor. It refrains from taking sides or from preaching. This does not mean that it is a soulless inventory of data: on the contrary, it is yet another passionate plea to save our planet and our future. But it addresses our brains rather than our hearts and this makes for a welcome departure from contemporary practices.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, transition, microeconomics, macroeconomics, business, government, privatization, private sector, public sector, capital, markets, stock exchange, shares, bonds, finance, banks, savings, credit, money, currency, taxation, IMF, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, IFC, EBRD, investment PCL-R (Psychopathy Checklist Revised) Test: What's Wrong with Psychological Tests The PCL-R is based on a structured interview and collateral data gathered from family, friends, and colleagues and from documents. The questions comprising the structured interview are so transparent and self-evident that it is easy to lie one's way through the test and completely skew its results. Moreover, scoring by the diagnostician is highly subjective (which is why the DSM and the ICD stick to observable behaviours in its criteria for Antisocial or Dissocial Personality Disorder).Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, narcissism, personality, narcissistic, narcissistic personality disorder, NPD, psychopaths, antisocial, psychopathology, therapy, relationships, abuse, divorce, battering, spousal abuse, domestic violence, psychotherapy, personality disorders, cluster B, DSM IV, self, ego, object relatio Misuse of the Concept of 'Erga Omnes' in the Greek-Macedonian Name Dispute The Greeks feel that Macedonians have designs on the part of Greece that borders the tiny, landlocked country and that the use of Macedonia's constitutional name internationally will only serve to enhance irredentist and secessionist tendencies, thus adversely affecting the entire region's stability.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, Central Europe, Southeastern Europe, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Yugoslavia, Russia, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Centraleastern Europe, Habsburg, Ottoman, Turkey, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, EU, European Union, euro, NATO, Greece Dow-Jones: I Told You So 14 Months Ago In February 2009 (when the Dow-Jones was hurtling towards 6500) I made a startling prediction. It came true.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, transition, microeconomics, macroeconomics, business, government, privatization, private sector, public sector, capital, markets, stock exchange, shares, bonds, finance, banks, savings, credit, money, currency, taxation, IMF, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, IFC, EBRD, investment The Wikipedia Cult The inner core of the English-language Wikipedia has c. 2000 members. Of these, about 200-300 members make all the important, strategic decisions. The others monitor articles and edit them, usually in order to promote and protect their own points of view and interests. This is not an informal network: it is completely rigid with a hierarchy, titles, job descriptions, remits, and responsibilities. It is a stringently edited work, not a loose forum, or a BBS. Many in the upper echelons (and in Wikimedia, the non-profit that is overseeing the whole operation) earn salaries and enjoy junkets and pKeywords:
Sam Vaknin, Internet, web, browser, software, application, content, digital content, Britannica, Encarta, distribution, rights management, downloads, e-books, e-publishing, copyright, brands, reference, user generated content, Web, Wikipedia, spam, malware, Twitter, social networking, YouTube Why Do People Pay Taxes? People pay taxes because they want to belong to a collective, share a communal fate and a common lore, and enjoy the benefits of membership in the exclusive club of productive citizenry. To be a taxpayer is akin to sporting a badge of honour: it is a proof of personal integrity and industriousness, and, depending on the tax bill, a hallmark of success and prosperity. The payment of taxes bestows civil rights upon the payee: the cries 'I am an honest tax-paying citizen' or 'no taxation without representation' resonate in many a film and book.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, transition, microeconomics, macroeconomics, business, government, privatization, private sector, public sector, capital, markets, stock exchange, shares, bonds, finance, banks, savings, credit, money The Second Middle Ages The fourth quarter of the twentieth century and the first decade of the twenty-first herald a period akin, in some respects, to certain stretches of the Middle Ages. The High Middle Ages - especially after the conquest of Spain by the Arabs (Moors) - was characterized by rapid technological and scientific progress.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, philosophy, mind, ethics, moraility, robot, Turing, automata, cognitive, psychology, physics, science, culture, power, technology, virtual, ontology, quantum mechanics, epistemology, AI Riots in Egypt about Food, not about 'Freedom' Like in dozens of other developing countries, the Egyptians struck a Faustian deal with their rulers: they gave up their liberty in return for personal safety, job security, and middle-class prospects. Mubarak, the country's much-maligned Pharaoh failed to deliver on all three counts. Having thus breached the unwritten social contract, the Egyptians want him to pay the ultimate political price and abdicate humiliatingly.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, egypt, mubarak, arab spring, israel, usa, democracy, dictatorship REVIEW Pears Cyclopedia 2010-2011 The Cyclopedia is kept astoundingly up to date by a dedicated team of 30 or so scholar-contributors. I spotted hundreds of updates even in a cursory sweep.Keywords:
Sam Vaknin, pears cyclopedia, Internet, web, browser, software, application, content, digital content, Britannica, Encarta, distribution, rights management, downloads, e-books, e-publishing, copyright, brands, re
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