Post on 01-Sep-2014
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NEXT10 ConferenceJim Stolze
The Virtual Happiness Institute
WTF =
Virtual Happiness?
www.virtualhappiness.org
gross national productivity
happiness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross_national_happiness
well-beingdigital
wikinomics.com/blog/index.php/2009/03/30/does-the-web-make-us-happy-part-one/
fun stuff
scientist
blogger
serious stuff
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www.virtualhappiness.org
“If I was in charge of the Internet I would...”
introduce the death penalty for spammers
make it much faster
wish every user a good day
fire Bill Gates!
remove all rubbish
do nothing
make it free
try to transfer money to my account remove all advertisements
charge 1$ per user
delete all sex and chatsites
www.virtualhappiness.org
http://twitter.com/jimstolze
How would you rate your own happiness on a scale from 1 to 10?
“I would rate myself: 7,11”
“I would rate myself:
How would you rate your own happiness if you would not have an internet connection for a month?
6,34”
http://twitter.com/jimstolze
7,11
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
“You can’t live without the Internet”
“Europeans who have have an internet connection are significantly happier than people who don’t.”
www.virtuahappiness.org
(Bohnke & Kohler 2008)
“Happiness is contagious in social networks”
(Fowler 2008)
www.virtuahappiness.org
The Benefits of Facebook Friends: Social Capital
(Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007)
www.virtuahappiness.org
Social Interaction
Window to the World
Information Overload
Internet Addiction
www.virtualhappiness.org
Information Overload doesn’t exist
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
Our mistake:
Seeing digital information in a fysical way.
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
Children in school right now have access to more information than their teachers do.
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
fysical thinking vs digital thinking
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
digital media literacy
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
infobesity will be the next epidemic
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
Don’t let infobesity be the next epidemic
May 2010 {www.jimstolze.com}
We’re counting on you!
Thank you!
www.virtualhappiness.org
www.jimstolze.com
http://twitter.com/jimstolze