User:Xcriteria
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xcriteria was born on January 19, 1980 to human parents who each had some academic background in anthropology and history.
At the age of four, xcriteria received a globe as a birthday gift.
xcriteria is interested in neuroscience, linguistics, the nature of belief, decision making, and knowledge in general.
xcriteria has found evidence that education is often less than adequate for a substantial number of students. One web site that supports this point of view is School Survival.
xcriteria is interested in expanding understanding and increasing awareness about what can be done to promote more adaptive human development.
xcriteria recently discovered Hospitality Club and is inspired by its innovative concept. xcriteria is a member of Netflix and is inspired by its innovative business model.
[edit] List of concepts xcriteria plans to integrate into grammatical output
culture shock, stress (medicine), irritation, humor, information overload, risk, analogy, offense, defense mechanism, tax, treason, loyalty, open source intelligence, anxiety, terror, Information Awareness Office, privacy, publicity, LifeLog, customer relationship management, tension, complex, WordNet, LiveJournal, brand, video game, propaganda, public debt, radical transparency, threat, power (sociology), satire, global domination, social network, meme, brain imaging, neuroeconomics
orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex, amygdala
[edit] International Muffin Crisis
On November 1, 2004, xcriteria learned that Hospitality Club member Valmi wanted to make chocolate-oatmeal American muffins, but could not afford chocolate chips. After some brief political strategizing, xcriteria devised an ad hoc free market social welfare plan to support Valmi's cooking project, which involved a transfer of $1.95 United States dollars from a PayPal account to Valmi. (Why only $1.95 and no more? It would have taken 3-4 days to transfer funds not already in the PayPal account.) Unfortunately, PayPal charges a $0.50 withdrawal fee to Canadian users. In the end, the transaction was deemed unacceptable and Valmi refunded the donation.
Valmi proceeded to up the ante with the statement "i'd love to have what i still miss to pay my rent this month, that's about $60 :-)" -- providing a concrete example of poverty (or at least a personal budget deficit) in Quebec's largest city. This statement aroused xcriteria's desire to pitch in, eventually triggering xcriteria's inner conflict over personal productivity and the efficient utilization of available resources. Fortunately, Valmi collected his paycheck and was able to pay his rent with no further action by xcriteria.
[edit] Testimonials
"you make me laugh so badly i'll hardly be able to fall asleep now :-P" -Valmi
