{"id":833,"date":"2009-05-09T22:08:33","date_gmt":"2009-05-09T21:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?page_id=833"},"modified":"2011-09-24T20:43:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T19:43:05","slug":"my_interests","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/my_interests\/","title":{"rendered":"My interests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThis is a rough overview of things I am interested in &ndash; not things I like to do, but things I like to read about. The list is vaguely grouped (not in priority order) to make it easier to read, but the groupings are blurry, especially since I am most interested in the areas where these topics overlap. For example, education, surgery, and history of thought are all interesting on their own, but the history of medical education would be even more interesting.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is a permanent work in progress; I will be updating this whenever I think of something.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Human body \/ medicine<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHuman physiology, endocrinology, metabolism\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHuman evolution\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDiseases, infectious diseases\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTrauma medicine, surgery\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWomen&#8217;s health, childbirth, abortion, breastfeeding\n<\/li>\n<li>\nModern diseases, allergies\n<\/li>\n<li>\nLongevity\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Human mind<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHistory of thought\n<\/li>\n<li>\nRational thought\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHow our brains process language, numbers, etc\n<\/li>\n<li>\nPsychiatry, psychopatology\n<\/li>\n<li>\nNeurology, autism etc\n<\/li>\n<li>\nPositive psychology, optimism\/pessimism, mental resilience\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTorture, effects of, survivors\n<\/li>\n<li>\nPsychology of religion\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Language<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nPsychology of language\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSwearing\n<\/li>\n<li>\nComparative linguistics\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTranslation\n<\/li>\n<li>\nWriting systems\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Learning<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nChildhood development\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHow we learn, esp. language and mathematics\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEducation systems\n<\/li>\n<li>\nBehaviour modification, incentive systems\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Design, arts, crafts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nIndustrial design\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTypography, layout\n<\/li>\n<li>\nInformation design, visual display of information, charts\n<\/li>\n<li>\nInteraction design\n<\/li>\n<li>\nCrafts, especially textile and paper\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTechnologies and techniques of creating art\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDigital retouching of photos\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Technology and science<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nTypes of programming languages\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHistory of mathematics\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHistory of science\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEffects of technology on human thinking and behaviour\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSocial software changing social patterns\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHuman side of software development\n<\/li>\n<li>\nNew industrial materials\n<\/li>\n<li>\nForensic science\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Exploration<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nExploration, voyages of discovery\n<\/li>\n<li>\nMaps, images of the world\n<\/li>\n<li>\nNavigation\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSpace exploration\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDeep sea exploration\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Society and economy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nDemography, demographic trends\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEconomic systems, capitalism\n<\/li>\n<li>\nMicroeconomics, economic psychology\n<\/li>\n<li>\nInternational trade, trade patterns, division of labour\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHistory of economic thought\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Social interactions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nSurveillance, big brother society, privacy, liberties and freedoms and rights\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSocial engineering, hacking systems\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSecurity, authentication, authorization, cryptography\n<\/li>\n<li>\nSocial software, online behaviour\n<\/li>\n<li>\nForgery, image manipulation\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The environment and our interaction with it<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nClimate change\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEnvironmental change, natural and man-made\n<\/li>\n<li>\nPollution cleanup technology\n<\/li>\n<li>\nDomestication of plants and animals\n<\/li>\n<li>\nNatural resources, energy, peak oil\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEffects of environment on health (hormone disruptors)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Evolution<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nHuman evolution\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Civil systems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nInfrastructure: roads, water, sewer systems, power systems, traffic systems\n<\/li>\n<li>\nUrban planning\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAgriculture, food production\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\nNutrition\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFunctional foods, vitamins, antioxidants\n<\/li>\n<li>\nAdditives\n<\/li>\n<li>\nOrganic food\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Everyday things<\/h3>\n<p>History, psychology and sociology of<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\nClothing and fashion\n<\/li>\n<li>\nMedicine\n<\/li>\n<li>\nFood\n<\/li>\n<li>\nTools\n<\/li>\n<li>\nEducation\n<\/li>\n<li>\nHousing\n<\/li>\n<li>\nParenting and childcare\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a rough overview of things I am interested in &ndash; not things I like to do, but things I like to read about. 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