I've never been to a concert, meaning I'm not too concerned with the rising ticket prices.
However, I am concerned with rising prices overall. Core inflation still isn't spiking just yet, but the prolonging of these blockades in the Strait of Hormuz might change that very soon. American's have been battling inflation for too long and our leaders seem to be slightly out of touch with its real impact. Just for clarification, I'm speaking about leaders from both sides of the isle when I say this.
As for the rising loneliness, I wonder if they have any measure for online social interaction. Are hours spent alone in a room but online speaking and conversing with friends still considered hours alone? I still think human interaction in the real world is better for people, but I'm curious if that was taken into account.
Real world allows for better neural signaling. Social cues pay a large role in how people interact with each other. Empathy, arousal and attention, they all rely on dynamic cues from face to face interactions. Zoom, Slack... they all degrade that signal real time interaction relies on, so true connection isn't really possible. "Two-Brain Choreography" is the term... like when it feels like the other person is reading your thoughts.
As crazy as it is, I really don’t listen to music a whole lot. If I had to choose though, I would love to go see someone like Noah Kahan. Listened to a lot of his music during my freshmen year of college.
I think the loneliness crisis is interesting because I feel like I don't get enough time to myself. I think there is a argument for finding better quality friends and associates as well and then of course technology and responsibilities are major sinks for younger folks.
It's a Present Bias response - an immediate emotional response over making a long-term social investment. There's a social friction because someone experiences high emotional/cognitive costs.
As we age, it's typical to have a shrinking social circle. It's all about the weight we give to risk and attention scarcity. (There's some loss aversion once you hit 60 that comes into play.)
Move to Houston and I will gladly take you out for coffee once or twice a week to talk about life! Oops! Part of the problem is that many of our best friends are online in different cities or countries, or God forbid are AI avatars, and we cannot visit with them in person...
I asked Gemini whether students not completing assignments was due to depression or the current buzzword, Executive Function. It is of course both, in a death spiral: The current crisis in student effort and academic disengagement is both a problem of executive function (EF) and depression, acting not as separate issues but as an interlocking, bidirectional cognitive trap. Clinical and educational research shows that these two forces amplify each other, making it nearly impossible for students to initiate or sustain academic effort.
I've never been to a concert, meaning I'm not too concerned with the rising ticket prices.
However, I am concerned with rising prices overall. Core inflation still isn't spiking just yet, but the prolonging of these blockades in the Strait of Hormuz might change that very soon. American's have been battling inflation for too long and our leaders seem to be slightly out of touch with its real impact. Just for clarification, I'm speaking about leaders from both sides of the isle when I say this.
As for the rising loneliness, I wonder if they have any measure for online social interaction. Are hours spent alone in a room but online speaking and conversing with friends still considered hours alone? I still think human interaction in the real world is better for people, but I'm curious if that was taken into account.
Real world allows for better neural signaling. Social cues pay a large role in how people interact with each other. Empathy, arousal and attention, they all rely on dynamic cues from face to face interactions. Zoom, Slack... they all degrade that signal real time interaction relies on, so true connection isn't really possible. "Two-Brain Choreography" is the term... like when it feels like the other person is reading your thoughts.
If you could see any artist, who would you chose?
As crazy as it is, I really don’t listen to music a whole lot. If I had to choose though, I would love to go see someone like Noah Kahan. Listened to a lot of his music during my freshmen year of college.
I think the loneliness crisis is interesting because I feel like I don't get enough time to myself. I think there is a argument for finding better quality friends and associates as well and then of course technology and responsibilities are major sinks for younger folks.
It's a Present Bias response - an immediate emotional response over making a long-term social investment. There's a social friction because someone experiences high emotional/cognitive costs.
As we age, it's typical to have a shrinking social circle. It's all about the weight we give to risk and attention scarcity. (There's some loss aversion once you hit 60 that comes into play.)
Move to Houston and I will gladly take you out for coffee once or twice a week to talk about life! Oops! Part of the problem is that many of our best friends are online in different cities or countries, or God forbid are AI avatars, and we cannot visit with them in person...
I asked Gemini whether students not completing assignments was due to depression or the current buzzword, Executive Function. It is of course both, in a death spiral: The current crisis in student effort and academic disengagement is both a problem of executive function (EF) and depression, acting not as separate issues but as an interlocking, bidirectional cognitive trap. Clinical and educational research shows that these two forces amplify each other, making it nearly impossible for students to initiate or sustain academic effort.
Taylor & Francis Online
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The Bidirectional Trap
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ DEPRESSION │
│ (Lack of Dopamine, Anhedonia, No Reward) │
└──────────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
│ Depletes Cognitive
│ Energy & Focus
▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION │
│ (Failure to Initiate, Plan, or Resist Tech) │
└──────────────────────┬───────────────────────┘
│ Causes Academic Failure,
│ Shame, and Guilt
▼
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ STUDENT PARALYSIS │
│ (Mislabeled as "Lack of Effort") │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Upcoming concerts...
Lord Huron ($56 for ticket + $16.00 service charge = $76.00)
Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers ($30 for ticket + $9 service charge = $39.00)
Old 97's ($49.50 for ticket + $18 processing fee + $6 tax = $73.50)
Rush ($155 for ticket + $45 in taxes/fees = $200)
Foo Fighters ($280 all in, I can't see the breakdown)
Ali Saddiq ($65 flat, venue handles their own ticketing)
Saw Rush in 2012, it was $50
Pink Floyd in 1988, $15 (I was a sophmore in HS)
*all single ticket pricing, but my wife is going so double it!