Hear more Tennessee voices: Get the weekly opinion newsletter for insightful and thought-provoking columns.Дopamine is a brain transmitter connected with how we process pleasure and is вЂњhailed as the secret sauce that makes an app, game or social platform 'sticky,'В the investor term for 'potentially profitable,' вЂќ as Simon Parkin put it in an article in the Observer titled 'Has dopamine got us hooked on Tech?'В Social media outlets then strategically use algorithmic ordering of specific content, hoping to keep us engaged like gambling or drug addicts.

Brooks stated, вЂњTech companies understand what causes dopamine surges in the brain, and they lace their products with вЂhijacking techniquesвЂ™ that lure us in and create вЂcompulsion loops.вЂ™ вЂќ A 2017 study by the Pew Research Center found that posts exhibiting вЂњindignant disagreementвЂќ received nearly twice as much engagement. Social media organizations are intentional in eliciting a specific response from an audience. Because both have nearly-identical sweater bodies, you get both patterns for the typical price of a Lyrical Knits sweater pattern.'Indignant disagreement' leads to engagement Вѕ -Sleeved Version: 3(4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6) skeins Plucky Primo Fingering (385 yds/101 g), or approximately 1100(1200, 1300, 1420, 1550, 1675, 1800, 1900) yards of fingering weight yarn.Д«oth Habanera and Chanteuse pullovers are available on Ravelry in the Habanera/Chanteuse ebook. Gauge: 24 sts and 32 rows/4 inches (after blocking) in stst on size 5 needle (or size to obtain gauge). With the pullover measuring 0-2вЂќ less than your measurement at the full-bust). Shaping to the waist and hips is accomplished along princess вЂњseamsвЂќ to allow for maximum customization, and it is recommended that the sweater be worn with 0-2вЂќ of negative ease at the bust (ie. ItвЂ™s a small piece, and the results are worth it! Shaping within lace? Yes, and it can take some extra attention-use sticky notes, highlighter tape, etcвЂ¦to keep track of what row you are on (because all those yarn overs can make me cross-eyed, too!), and remember to breath. However, the get the cowl the to lay just right when worn, there is shaping within the Roman Stripe lace. It is worked separately & is constructed by first knitting the outer lace edging, then picking up stitches along this edging to work Barbara WalkerвЂ™s Roman Stripe lace pattern. While the body of the sweater is straightforward, take your time with the cowl. The pattern includes a general How-To for inserting Horizontal Bust Darts to the pullover for further tailoring. The lace cowl is worked flat separately, and sewn to the neckline after blocking. Named for the famous aria sung by the title character in the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, the HabaГ±era sweater is a top-down, seamless pullover worked in the round with either short or Вѕ raglan sleeves.

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