Category Archives: Social Experiment

Milgram’s Obedience to Authority Experiment

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

Tyranny relies on obedience from the masses. So what makes people obey the system? An analysis of the 1961 Milgram electrocution experiments and the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiments help shed some light on the psychology of following orders and transferring … Continue reading →

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What Is Bitcoin?

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Is Bitcoin a good idea? Or, is it a scam? I haven’t made my mind yet on this type of currency. Not according to Jason Calacanis. He describes it as “Bitcoin is a P2P currency that could topple governments, destabilize … Continue reading →

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