[Leica] Re: Codes of privacy

[walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson)]

Sounds like a great T shirt   "Cognitive homeostasisitist".

Lawrence Zeitlin wrote:

>
> On May 18, 2006, at 3:13 PM, George wrote:
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>> Nope. Ken nailed it with "codes of privacy" when folks live close and/
>> or with paper walls or no walls at all. The public bath/nudity/shower/
>> urinal mode came from elsewhere. However each of these also carries
>> codes of privacy. But I think psychologically different than the
>> codes used in clothed situations.
>
>
> There is a concept called "cognitive homeostasis" in Environmental 
> Psychology which suggests that people try to optimize their 
> information input and output to stay within a comfort zone. In the 
> high density environments of urban societies people develop behaviors 
> which restrict and control information flow to avoid information 
> overload. The seemingly unsociable behavior of New York, London, and 
> Tokyo exists to permit people to be in close proximity without the 
> necessity of acknowledging the existence of the "other." In an office, 
> on the sidewalk, and in school, a simple nod may be all the greeting 
> that is necessary when passing by casual friends. No acknowledgment is 
> necessary for strangers. In a low density environment, the cognitive 
> homeostasis theory predicts that one will amplify even casual 
> interactions to raise the information flow. I.e., when some asks "How 
> are you feeling?", you tell them at great length. Anyone who has 
> watched two Iowa farmers stop their pickups in the middle of a lonely 
> country road, roll down their windows, and carry on a conversation 
> knows this to be a fact.
>
> Larry Z
>
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