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Links and Factoids

By: Sam Vaknin

... to make her his consort by changing the law to allow for a morganatic marriage (of people from different classes, with no rights of inheritance). S... ...tionally, the King was not allowed by the British government to address the British people and the Empire through the BBC. The government's cons... ...ocytes to other parts of the body. The appendix is not, therefore, useless, as most people think. It is part of the immune system. The GALT disappea... ...e survivors - less than 300,000 - were subjected to additional slaughter in Syria. People were beaten with blunt instruments, burnt alive or drowne... ...Televa and Luxor of Sweden and became a consumer electronics group - manufacturing televisions and such. Nokia continued with its acquisitions ... ...ary.com suggests that it is derived from a Monty Python skit in their Flying Circus television show in 1970. In it a group of Vikings harass two pat... ...s/ea/side/teapot.html http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2851.html Television The transmission of images obsessed inventors as ea... ...iple of scanning a picture, line by line and frame by frame - still used in modern television sets - was proposed simultaneously in the USA (by W.E... ...in the USA (by W.E. Sawyer) and in France (by Maurice Leblanc). The first complete television system - using the newly discovered properties of sel...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...r, things have gotten even worse. Between March and May 2006, Pew surveyed 16,710 people in Britain, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Indones... ... that Iran's nuclear ambitions. The distinction formerly made between the American people and the Bush administration is also eroding. Majorities i... ... eroding. Majorities in only 7 of 14 countries had favorable views of Americans. "People around the world embrace things American and, at the same... ... soul searching and house cleaning do little to ameliorate this antagonism. To the peoples of the poor world, America is both a colonial power and ... ...ltant position with a firm you formerly oversaw or regulated, your own talk show on television, a cushy job in the administration? The truth is tha... ...ident Vladimir Putin warned on Tuesday, in an interview he granted to TF1, a French television channel, that unilateral American-British military ac... ... typical daily occurrence, bucking a global trend, Matsushita intends to expand its television factory in Plzen. Its investment of $8 million will e... ...between Chinese and Russian companies that provide for the assembly in Russia color televisions and household air conditioners are being successfull... ...pplied by imported Indian and Moroccan craftsmen in two of the palaces. Iraqi state television reported in June that Saddam exhorted his ministers t...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

... or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes... ...rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin - creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant dutie... ...ight to have one's life terminated IA. The Right to be Brought to Life Only living people have rights. There is a debate whether an egg is a living... ...aintained Does one have the right to maintain one's life and prolong them at other people's expense? Does one have the right to use other people's ... ...h an independent copy of a book of instructions). The receiver can be passive (as television is). In such a case we will not be justified in sayin... ...n vitro fertilization to space travel. Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an a... ...man species be any different? Effects on Society Cloning - like the Internet, the television, the car, electricity, the telegraph, and the wheel b... ...ltant position with a firm you formerly oversaw or regulated, your own talk show on television, a cushy job in the administration? The truth is tha... ... over by schools, health – by (national or private) health plans, entertainment by television, interpersonal communication by telephony and compute...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

... or duties of third parties towards the right-holder. One has a right AGAINST other people. The fact that one possesses a certain right - prescribes... ...rights and duties as two sides of the same ethical coin - creates great confusion. People often and easily confuse rights and their attendant dutie... ...ight to have one's life terminated IA. The Right to be Brought to Life Only living people have rights. There is a debate whether an egg is a living... ...aintained Does one have the right to maintain one's life and prolong them at other people's expense? Does one have the right to use other people's ... ...h an independent copy of a book of instructions). The receiver can be passive (as television is). In such a case we will not be justified in sayin... ...n vitro fertilization to space travel. Every technology can be potentially abused. Television can be either a wonderful educational tool - or an a... ...man species be any different? Effects on Society Cloning - like the Internet, the television, the car, electricity, the telegraph, and the wheel b... ...ltant position with a firm you formerly oversaw or regulated, your own talk show on television, a cushy job in the administration? The truth is tha... ... over by schools, health – by (national or private) health plans, entertainment by television, interpersonal communication by telephony and compute...

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Trendsiters Digital Content and Web Technologies

By: Sam Vaknin

...cts. The very definition of "artist" will expand to encompass all creative people. One will seek to distinguish oneself, to "brand" oneself and to au... ...to third party web sites (such as Bartleby.com and SatireWire). It allows people to donate money or effect micro-payments, apparently through its pa... ... was to exclusively cater to the needs of a highly idiosyncratic group of people (Silicone Valley geeks and nerds). The assumption that the USA (let ... ...tshell, he says, to use his own summation: "Marketing by interrupting people isn't cost-effective anymore. You can't afford to seek out people a... ...y commercial software can still be downloaded for free. In many countries television viewers still pay for television broadcasts - but in the USA an... ... but in the USA and many other countries in the West, the basic package of television channels comes free of charge. As users / consumers form a ha... ...egins to carry a price tag. This is what happened with the advent of cable television : contents are sold for subscription or per usage (Pay Per View... ...as the computer is less user friendly and less reliable (predictable) than television - less of a black box - its potential (and its future) is limit... ...vision - less of a black box - its potential (and its future) is limited. Television attracts 3.5 billion users daily. The Internet stands to attrac...

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Terrorists and Freedom Fighters

By: Sam Vaknin

..."For I am their leader." http://www.salon.com/tech/books/1999/11/04/new_optimi sm/ People who exercise violence in the pursuit of what they hold to... ...1. A hard core of idealists adopt a cause (in most cases, the freedom of a group of people). They base their claims on history - real or hastily co... ...pace the idealists claim as their own. 2. The loyalties and alliances of these people shift effortlessly as ever escalating means justify an e... ...very such undertaking gives way to cynical and bitter pragmatism as both enemy and people tire of the conflict. 3. An inevitable result of the rea... ...is often the freedom fighters who compromise their freedom and the freedom of their people in the most egregious manner. This is usually done eithe... ... other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in courses organised by the Agency o...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...oximation. According to this latter day - rational - version of the dismal science, people refrain from repeating their mistakes systematically. The... ...ize their preferences. Altruism can be such a preference, as well. Still, many people are non-rational or only nearly rational in certain situa... ...ndbook of Experimental Economics", by John Hagel and Alvin Roth (eds.) admits that people do not behave in accordance with the predictions of basic... ...ory of utility and the theory of general equilibrium. Irritatingly for economists, people change their preferences mysteriously and irrationally. T... ...ll Street Journal has recently published an elegiac list: "Twenty years ago, cable television was dominated by a patchwork of thousands of tiny, fa... ...tes or stands for. Actors are often mistaken for their roles, wars are fought on television, fictitious TV celebrities become real. That which ha... ...ted and disseminated virtually cost-free to the next consumer through the Internet, television, radio, and on magnetic media. MIT has recently place... ...mes). One can hardly benefit from the weather forecasts without owning a radio or a television set - which would immediately tend to exclude the ho... ...d, arid, and disadvantaged country can nowadays leverage air flight, the Internet, television, cell phones, and other miracles of technology to pro...

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Narcissism Book of Quotes

By: Sam Vaknin

..., should only be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions); • Requires excessive admiration, ... ... He devalues Sources of Supply, callously and off-handedly abandons them, and discards people, places, partnerships, and friendships unhesitatingly... ... are, perhaps, the most difficult to comprehend and to accept. These swings produce in people around the narcissist emotional insecurity, an eroded... ... in more ways than one – and even when he is long out of their life." Article: Other People's Pain by Sam Vaknin http://www.suite101.com/article.... ...oon if something drastic doesn't happen. He is so diabolical and so convincing to other people that my own family has abandoned me. My kids have als... ...as, to have their own needs, emotions, and preference. Wouldn't you be startled if your television set suddenly informed you that it would rather no... ...ddler. Does the narcissist want to be liked? Answer: Would you wish to be liked by your television set? To the narcissist, people are mere tools, So...

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The Fundamental Assumptions Underlying the Modern Study of Psychopathology Examined.

By: Sam Vaknin

...rs with penetrating head injuries suffered in World War I. Orbitomedial wounds made people "pseudopsychopathic": grandiose, euphoric, disinhibited, ... ...rs are perfectly "normal". Surely, this indicates a genetic predisposition of some people to developing personality disorders. Still, this oft-to... ...tware. It can play music, screen movies, calculate, print, paint. Compare this to a television set - it is constructed and expected to do one, and o... ...ingle purpose and a unitary function. We, humans, are more like computers than like television sets. True, single genes rarely account for any be... ...le or no insight or reflection and in order to attract attention and disrupt other people's cosy lives. Denial Perhaps the most primitive and b... ...osy lives. Denial Perhaps the most primitive and best known defense mechanism. People simply ignore unpleasant facts, they filter out data and ... ...rroundings, of incoming information, and of circumstances. In extreme cases, some people develop a permanently rent personality and this is known ... ...d other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in Macedonia in courses organized by ...

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Narcissistic and Psychopathic Leaders

By: Sam Vaknin

... be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions); • Requires excessive admiration, adulation, att... ... (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy. Prevalen... ...ne after a while. Living in the same country or apartment, meeting the same people, doing essentially the same things (though with changing content... ...g, kaleidoscopic life. I feel entitled to force life itself, or, at least, people around me – to yield to my wishes and needs, supreme among them t... ... the truth. This is where the narcissist differs from others (from "normal" people). His very self is a piece of fiction concocted to fend off hurt ... ...ich Alexander the Great is an integral part. Not to be outdone, Macedonian television is now awash with a lengthy ad depicting the precocious leade... ...periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in courses in Macedonia organised by the Agen...

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The Malignan Self Love : Narcissism Revisited

By: Sam Vaknin

...ffect FAQ # 22: The Ubiquitous Narcissist FAQ # 23: The Narcissist as a Sadist FAQ # 24: Other People's Pain FAQ # 25: The Psychology of Torture ... ...rely I am worth it and then some. Run to our friends. Go. See what that will get you. Ridicule. People believe what they see and what they see is th... ...th total indifference, and scouting the landscape for new recruits. Do you see my dilemma? I use people who are dependent on me to keep my illusions... ...or wear? It only confirms my illusion about my illusions: that I am no different from most other people, just a bit better. But I am different and ... ... because I am different. At some haunting level, I see my magic for what it is and realize that people around me function just fine without any "ma... ...he right software. It can play music, screen movies, calculate, print, paint. Compare this to a television set: it is constructed and expected to d... .... It has a single purpose and a unitary function. We, humans, are more like computers than like television sets. True, single genes rarely account ... ... Review", and other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in Macedonia in courses ...

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Abuse, Trauma, And Torture, And Their Consequences and Effects

By: Sam Vaknin

... be treated by, or associate with, other special or unique, or high-status people (or institutions); • Requires excessive admiration, adulation, att... ... (magical thinking). Rages when frustrated, contradicted, or confronted by people he or she considers inferior to him or her and unworthy. Prevalen... ...ne after a while. Living in the same country or apartment, meeting the same people, doing essentially the same things (though with changing content... ...g, kaleidoscopic life. I feel entitled to force life itself, or, at least, people around me – to yield to my wishes and needs, supreme among them t... ...t some of the traits of this personality disorder. The Extracting Behaviors People with Personality Disorders (PDs) are very afraid of real, mature,... ... Formica furniture. I am the only one who sleeps there at night, facing the television set. Even guests are asked to watch this black-and-white won... ...periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in courses in Macedonia organised by the Agen...

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The Labor Divide

By: Sam Vaknin

...g employment and who pass a means test. Benefits should be withheld from people who resigned voluntarily or discharged due to misconduct or criminal... ...es to establish a business, alone or in partnership with other unemployed people (provide credits of 1 euro or a state guarantee for 1 euro against ... ...h allowance, medical care and other necessities. The CCC employed 500,000 people at its peak – and 3 million people throughout its existence. In ... ...ducation, or a parental leave. This can be extended to taking care of old people (old parents or other relatives) or the terminally ill – as is the ... ...sonal, casual and job sharing work should be encouraged. For example: two people sharing the same job should be allowed to choose to be treated, for... ...riodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in Macedonia in courses organized by the Agency...

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The Conundrums of Psychology

By: Sam Vaknin

...erent in them must be eradicated. This is a dangerous moral precedent. All kinds of people threaten our well-being: unsettling ideologists, the me... ... this falls flat on its face at the slightest scrutiny. Many evidently mentally ill people are rather happy and reasonably functional. Some schola... ... rigidly and consistently deviates from the typical, average behaviour of all other people in his culture and society that fit his profile (whether... ...for a diagnosis – generates unacceptable diagnostic heterogeneity. In other words, people diagnosed with the same personality disorder may share on... ... "guilty but mentally ill" verdict to be contradiction in terms. All "mentally-ill" people operate within a (usually coherent) worldview, with consi... ...d other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in Macedonia in courses organized by ...

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Facts and Fictions in the Securities Industry

By: Sam Vaknin

...akes presentations and serves as a coordinator when the DD teams wish to interview people connected to the firm. Second Rule: Brief your workers.... ...ts were small and shareholders few. A firm resembled a household and the number of people involved – in ownership and in management – was correspon... ...of people involved – in ownership and in management – was correspondingly limited. People invested in industries they were acquainted with first ha... ...en financial investors and strategic investors is shifting in favour of the latter. People understand that money is abundant and what is in short su... ...s denominated in the collapsing currency. But the devaluation is so excessive that people reasonably expect a rebound - i.e., an appreciation of th... ... other periodicals, and in the economic programs on various channels of Macedonian Television. Chief Lecturer in courses in Macedonia organised by ...

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