💭Introspection—the ability to observe one’s own mental processes— is a valuable tool for reflection and decision-making.
But rather than make people feel better, introspection often leads them to experience something else.
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"Chatter"
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💭Introspection—the ability to observe one’s own mental processes— is a valuable tool for reflection and decision-making.
But rather than make people feel better, introspection often leads them to experience something else.
🗣️Chatter is the cycle of negative thoughts and feelings that turn our capacity for introspection into a vulnerability rather than a strength.
If you can master the art of introspection without the chatter, you can get your internal conversations back on track.
👉Many people wonder how they can control their chatter. One way to do so is to talk to yourself using your name and the word “you,” as if you were advising someone else, a technique called “distant self-talk.”
✍️Silently talking to yourself like you’re someone else—using “you” and your own name—helps you take a step back from your experience and put your problems in perspective.
👥We need help with broadening our perspective, which other people are in a unique position to help us do.
The problem is that many of the people we turn to for help tend to prioritize providing us with emotional support.
❌Science shows that many people reflexively engage in similar behaviors when they’re struggling with chatter.
Research shows that engaging in these behaviors, as long as they’re not taken to an extreme, can provide people with relief.
✅The way this works is through a process called “compensatory control.” In essence, when our thoughts are racing and feel disorganized, we can compensate for that by controlling other areas of our lives.
🌏Awe is an emotion we experience when we’re in the presence of something vast that we can’t explain.
Some people feel it when they stare up at the night sky and ponder the number of stars in the universe.
🗝️When you’re in the presence of something vast and difficult to explain, it’s hard to maintain the view that you and your chatter are the most important things in the world.
When you feel smaller in the midst of awe-inspiring sights, so do your problems.
🧠 The mind is flexible if we know how to bend it.
If you have a fever, you can take something to bring it down. Likewise, our mind has a psychological immune system: We can use our thoughts to change our thoughts.
⚫️Make time for stillness
⚫️Master over your mind
⚫️Practice decision-making skills
✅Work on your mental models and Practice critical thinking.
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It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details): https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha
I've read it so you needn't!
Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.
The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.
Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
It's all in French, but if you're up for it you can read:
• Their blog post (lacks the most interesting details): https://t.co/PHkDcOT1hy
• Their high-level legal decision: https://t.co/hwpiEvjodt
• The full notification: https://t.co/QQB7rfynha
I've read it so you needn't!
Vectaury was collecting geolocation data in order to create profiles (eg. people who often go to this or that type of shop) so as to power ad targeting. They operate through embedded SDKs and ad bidding, making them invisible to users.
The @CNIL notes that profiling based off of geolocation presents particular risks since it reveals people's movements and habits. As risky, the processing requires consent — this will be the heart of their assessment.
Interesting point: they justify the decision in part because of how many people COULD be targeted in this way (rather than how many have — though they note that too). Because it's on a phone, and many have phones, it is considered large-scale processing no matter what.
