Constantly Checking Your Inbox? Email Addiction Explained Video
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/27/The_Tyranny_of_E-mail_John_Freeman
John Freeman describes the psychology behind compulsive email checking. He explains that the neurological effects of constantly checking your inbox are similar to those of playing a slot machine. "Rather than reward an action every time it is performed, you reward it sometimes, but not in a predictable way," he says.
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John Freeman talks about The Tyranny of E-mail: The Four Thousand Year Journey to Your Inbox.
The former president of the National Book Critics Circle and current American Editor of Granta, gives us a history of people's need for correspondence. He examines the astonishing growth of e-mail -- how it is changing lives, and not always for the better. - Book Passage
John Freeman is Acting Editor of Granta Magazine. As American editor of Granta, he has gone around the country visiting M.F.A. programs and English departments telling aspiring writers about his magazine, giving out discounted subscriptions and encouraging everyone to submit their work.
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Muchodelcrazy: Interesting. Makes sense, too. He needs better public speaking skills, tho
burntonion05: I am going to check my mail and I will brb
planetdarwin: I thought he did fine... but then I'm worn out by what used to be considered good speaking.
JasonMelancon: For me, it's YouTube subscriptions. You don't get a notification when someone you're subscribed to uploads a video. You have to keep checking back. I'm sure YouTube uses this theory of variable interval reinforcement to increase their visit count, which increases their ad revenue.
Muchodelcrazy: Well, he wasn't awful, he just doesn't have a very strong speaking voice sometimes and he stumbled a few times.
thpt: Fascinating. No wonder people look at me like I'm crazy when I tell them I don't have popups or a cell phone. I'm deliberately not buying in. Shame on me!
isegoria1: This video should be name "constantly refreshing" I have tried to watch this video 6 times with no avail and YouTube still can't manage to pull their head out of ass. This site has gone downhill since google took it. They should not mess with stuff they know nothing of.
hoomelemele1: Is this subject to be taken seriously?
soundscapenyc: good point. however, if you subscribe to many channels who upload new videos quite frequently- having your email inbox flooded with automated messages from youtube could be a real drag as well.
isegoria1: I tried for more than 40 minutes to watch this video. It is now that I understand that 3:07 is the single best part of the video. What a waste of time. "The world is thinking"? Damn straight it is. It is thinking that YouTube's performance is so poor that it could by the narrowest margin, beat a telegraph.
oayia: absolutely, there are good studies on this sort of stuff
freesk8: I'm addicted to e-mail. I had to resist the urge to check it while this video was playing.
Ducky1987: I love how this pop-writers put together a book based on something you could learn in Psychology 101.
RichardBLongly: Well put. I was hoping there was going to be more to it. B\
RichardBLongly: You don't get a notification on your channel page, but if you're logged in and go to the home page, by clicking on the YouTube logo, you should have a box for your subscriptions that gets updated. B\
Author: ForaTv; Uploaded: Nov 4, 2009; Duration: 3:9; Views: 1043
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