You know that raw overwhelm people have been reporting after months of a pandemic, compounded by economic issues and social unrest? Does fatigue and compulsive social media scrolling strike a familiar chord?
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You know that raw overwhelm people have been reporting after months of a pandemic, compounded by economic issues and social unrest? Does fatigue and compulsive social media scrolling strike a familiar chord?
Those brittle feelings offer us a glimpse into what regular life can be like for individuals with sensory processing sensitivity (SPS), a biological trait possessed by roughly a third of the population. In a world of constant information overload and stress, it s a characteristic that can result in a variety of behaviors, from emotional outbursts to withdrawal, overwhelm and procrastination. Behaviorally, we observe it as being more careful and cautious when approaching new things, said Bianca Acevedo, a researcher in UC Santa Barbara s Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences. You might see this behavior anywhere, from fruit flies to humans. In a new situation, those with the trait are more likely to hang back and see what happens, she explained.
Mon, May 3rd 2021 9:30am
Mike Masnick
Throughout the COVID pandemic, it s been truly shameful to watch how patent maximalists have tried to insist that we just need more patents to deal with COVID even though the incredible breakthroughs that brought such quick development of vaccines were not due to patents, but rather the free and open flow of information from a bunch of researchers and scientists who didn t care about whether or not information was locked up for profit, but did care
about saving millions of lives.
And now that we ve got vaccines, we re dealing with significant problems in rolling them out around the world and patents are often in the way, holding that rollout back. And we actually have a way of dealing with that: what s known as a TRIPS waiver. TRIPS is the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, which set up a variety of standards among member nations and the WTO regarding intellectual property. I have many problems with TRI
As the pandemic closed stores, readers went online. And that meant they searched for what they already knew, or they followed an algorithm's suggestions . which meant they lost out on the serendipity involved in wandering a physical store and finding, say, new authors. Promotional campaigns went for known entities like Snoop Dogg and Delia Owens.
AAP StatShot February Report: US Audiobooks and Ebooks Maintain Strength
In January and February, ebooks were up 20.4 percent and downloadable audio was up 23.7 percent over 2020. Overall revenues were up 24.7 percent over February 2020.
At a drive-through vaccination center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 24. Image – iStockphoto: Arlutz
Downloadable Audio Up 27.8 Percent over February 2020
Perhaps the most interesting points in the February edition of StatShot from the Association of American Publishers (AAP) is in that “digital acceleration” space the industry has followed throughout the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
And what’s showing up in the February statistics is staying power, more than some might have expected.