<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:17:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/theinfluentialmind/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once you make a post, it slowly floats away into oblivion. On your profile page, every new post pushes older posts further away. I wish there was a functionality to pin some posts, or change the UI of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 09:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZp8ZKTS3H4FgyGm3BdAbvEn2d3brm5Dv5bEL5o7b624gXXBmTPeX82XZWESmEht3EbPfJFg1Fc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #15: More On Crowd Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last edition of The Influential Mind Made Me Think, we talked about crowd wisdom. In order to bring out the good and mitigate the bad when reaching a decision as a group, we need to make sure that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-15-more-on-crowd-wisdom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-15-more-on-crowd-wisdom</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2018 10:39:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa4nG6dT1SmowoE1Qbtf4MhpDfg2pBmFvdEj7SwXg9bHCXnARBeQotjyCHB9ns7Ugv8J5B7iBsc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #14: On Crowd Wisdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[The famous wisdom of the crowds can be traced back to Francis Glaton's paper published in the prestigious journal "Nature". During the 1907 Fat Stock and Poultry Exhibition, a competition was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-14-on-crowd-wisdom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-14-on-crowd-wisdom</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2018 11:13:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZoXe8LmiojGkRmmQNERQMC1H3GD1CZZwN53CaDjmWfrnZYfphJpSWVUAzqpTM5NKpd91TjvdUJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #13: On Learning From Experiences And Why Financial Bubbles Are Generated]]></title><description><![CDATA[Through the last posts of The Influential Mind Made Me Think, I have talked about how the decisions and actions of others influence us. I believe this will be my last post where I talk about how such]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-13-on-learning-from-experiences-and-why-financial-bubbles-are-generated</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-13-on-learning-from-experiences-and-why-financial-bubbles-are-generated</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2018 12:26:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYzrdsfv63Q4GW21SDHKhJyZKWvPHYKJ19Eb5TbMnLgEYFPLYEgSNqA1rH4pALGzvWejeFeQLSi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #12: On How The Decisions Of Others Influence Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[By now, I am 3/4 done with "The Influential Mind". If we assume that every post I have done on it is a great idea or concept it has taught me or helped me expand on, there have been 12 so far.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-12-on-how-the-decisions-of-others-influence-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-12-on-how-the-decisions-of-others-influence-us</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 17:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ1x4EwwhzxGZt1bib1mdx174WbxBHm5XE6NcTHktxKgWkU3CPnAqSmbYRX6b4eesrEc9psF2PQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #11: On How The Average Person Thinks To Be Above Average]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think part of me decided to study Cognitive and Decision Making Sciences because I wanted to be able to "hack" my own thought/emotion processes. After reading Malcolm Gladwell and Dan Ariely,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-11-on-how-the-average-person-thinks-to-be-above-average</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-11-on-how-the-average-person-thinks-to-be-above-average</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2018 04:09:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYcCqrEdfVYkKXdZogjaFJK7JUyv2zaRRcdqDCiY7SqUMV6jj1WCBdLVUyuywkSfdAoTjKxsJ14?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #10: On How To Overcome The Fear Of Failure And Take Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the last edition of "The Influential Mind Made Me Think", I talked about how the stress generated by a failure can make a person more attentive towards negative cues around them. As a result]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-10-on-how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-failure-and-take-risks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-10-on-how-to-overcome-the-fear-of-failure-and-take-risks</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2018 07:41:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #9: On How Stress Can Make You Avoid Possibly Fruitful Risks]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the last edition of "The Influential Mind Made me Think", I talked about how stress makes people more aware of negative cues around them. Furthermore, it makes people give a greater weight]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-9-on-how-stress-can-make-you-avoid-possibly-fruitful-risks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-9-on-how-stress-can-make-you-avoid-possibly-fruitful-risks</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2018 15:08:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZtjRS5AbheUp9ENKY1X8SQ1LLyJR1NheUjaA39eKP9k3qXjbDzjfV5egRC6sf79hQ8UWjVtjfk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #8: On How Stress Changes Our Perspectives]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let's go back in time to March 21st, 1983 in the village of Arrabah, West Bank. A seventeen year old girl sitting in class suddenly started experiencing an irritating cough and shortness of breath. Shortly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-8-on-how-stress-changes-our-perspectives</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-8-on-how-stress-changes-our-perspectives</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 14:57:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYCWetKf6eaX3SRNS1bbbgRnAsBo9McQqj6GXtCTN6u8JX9pqLz7VwkWe8xDzo2NZRFPKJoJvFY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #7: On The Pleasure And Pain Of Knowledge, And What We Choose To Learn]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a previous edition of the The Influential Mind Made Me Think I talked about how we love to have the ability to choose. I believe that this love comes from the capability of learning from our decisions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-7-on-the-pleasure-and-pain-of-knowledge-and-what-we-choose-to-learn</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-7-on-the-pleasure-and-pain-of-knowledge-and-what-we-choose-to-learn</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 14:33:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyHQAcBDMDqrLyBuM28rgaLjxwbQpJPML29gyADBYU7mFy5PBe5UneG2RpZQNSpPFABp6o5Vzn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #6: On How Agency Is Deeply Rooted In Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[On my last post of the influential mind, I talked about agency and how important it is for us, humans. Nevertheless, I also talk about how sometimes letting go can be beneficial since any one person cannot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-6-on-how-agency-is-deeply-rooted-in-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-6-on-how-agency-is-deeply-rooted-in-us</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:56:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYmsLKCxQ2YH6W5TRKyN1qFSf8VcUAKF8N4wYVKdFCQnpYv5xCo3dhE5zpzXkK48za4scPapDbU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #5: On Agency And The Hardship Of Financial Decisions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not too long ago, in one of my posts I talked about the possible non-existence of free will and the illusion of agency that our consciousness generates. After writing that paper for school and sharing]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-5-on-agency-and-the-hardship-of-financial-decisions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-5-on-agency-and-the-hardship-of-financial-decisions</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:31:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZ5oWbY2VNSRMCZ1sAxvefxyN4KAvahvMqoBMbJUh5dz4G8UdqaeKVRMJvgfVdJuat7YJr7AQqc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Influential Mind Made Me Think #4: On The Irrationality of Phobias]]></title><description><![CDATA[I could say that during my childhood and all the way into my teens, I thought of most phobias as ridiculous and easy to overcome if the person actually put work in it. 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When I started writing this post,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/the-influential-mind-made-me-think-3</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 00:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYkmqB5P3nmw7De9c6AUipDMsZ6Qxs7J9cAbZi7cfrGvskWg32E5DD9kVmyMxF6DiYoPoY8edQA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power Of Language And Ideas]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I started reading Tali Sharot's "The Influential Mind". Because of the way the book is written and its content, every couple of pages I need to stop and think. 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The general purpose of the book is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/on-the-disinformation-that-the-information-era-is-creating-and-how-to-influence-others</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/theinfluentialmind/@capatazche/on-the-disinformation-that-the-information-era-is-creating-and-how-to-influence-others</guid><category><![CDATA[theinfluentialmind]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[capatazche]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:19:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyQj5maXfNbrAfcMSHNUh2Zjtegjz5tDHXvVvWcJDNc2tHLqQhN83yPo2GjZiHATMpePhKQaA2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>