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Fidget spinners, and other fidgety devices, have been around for a bit but only since the end of last year have they been a bona fide craze: Forbes described these things as the “must have office toy” in December, but by this month The New York Times described them as “the Hula Hoop of Generation Z”: referencing the worldwide adolescent craze from the 1950s. And, I mean, yeah. Fair. There are 5 spinners here in an office of, like, ten people; there’s an ENTIRE YouTube ecosystem around them. In my neighborhood, which has three middle-and-high schools, the sidewalks are LITTERED with fidget spinner packaging. Global sales estimates are in the TENS OF MILLIONS. The assumed purpose of the fidget spinner is to help people, particularly students, concentrate … to give an outlet to excess energy caused by stress, or anxiety… But many teachers have been saying, actually, tool-assisted fidgeting is not an aid to concentration, but a hindrance. What I want to figure out is, how we got here – how the constellation of meanings around fidgeting, and who does it, launched a tool reportedly suited for promoting calm concentration to SENSATION status, and how THAT may feed back into how we think of fidgeting.
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--FURTHER READING & EXTRA LINKS--
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity
forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/fidget-spinners-are-the-must-have-office-toy-for-2017/#4b87942c18a4
nytimes.com/2017/05/06/style/fidget-spinners.html?_r=0
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger
buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/bad-news-teachers-cannot-stand-those-little-fidge?utm_term=.thzG3lXJj#.kyyG47bo3
books.google.com/books?id=AdAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=noah+webster+fidget&source=bl&ots=ZFDhMU2uJQ&sig=ifFAVKkr5HNqvGYMGIdNMrvPcgY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2zvmuiObTAhUL64MKHWIWBaUQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=noah%20webster%20fidget&f=false
http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html
http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html
kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy
forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/the-199-torqbar-is-the-iphone-of-desk-toys/#394b30217134
laurakbuzz.com/2017/02/06/fidget-cubes-awkward-relationship-to-autistic-stimming
wsj.com/articles/the-benefits-of-fidgeting-for-students-with-adhd-1434994365
http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/adhd-and-temporality-a-desynchronized-way-of-being-in-the-world(90ab5afe-7ed1-428c-8da3-6060bcf33bb9).html
cnet.com/news/fidget-spinner-fidget-cube-influence-on-electronics-and-gadgets
--ASSET LINKS--
00:31 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane)
youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0
1:03 5 EASY FIDGET SPINNER TRICKS FOR BEGINNERS
youtube.com/watch?v=DH1fRza6SOU
1:24 How To Make a HAND SPINNER, FIDGET TOY FOR FREE
youtube.com/watch?v=INnNFVFtO5g
1:29 Fidget Spinners- The Newest Toy To Twirl Into Americans’ Lives - NBC Nightly News
youtube.com/watch?v=rPjyjuvuooI
1:46 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane)
youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0
4:29 Fidget Spinner Tricks With a Professional Fidgeter
youtube.com/watch?v=67AzghKb8QU
4:36 ASMR TRIGGER TOYS - Unique. Intense. Tingly.
youtube.com/watch?v=zjLGB4R3-LQ
4:41 Cartier Ad - SNL
youtube.com/watch?v=iN6df0twmJQ
4:49 Hank's Take- Fidget Spinners and Cubes taking over the school yard
youtube.com/watch?v=y_rkFlSbLs4
8:27 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown!
youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ
8:35 Binaural ASMR. Popping Bubble Wrap & Crinkling
youtube.com/watch?v=9u4NlkGEfcU
9:39 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown!
youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ
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Invasion of the Fidget Spinners
We got merch! http://bit.ly/1U8fS1B
Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter
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Fidget spinners, and other fidgety devices, have been around for a bit but only since the end of last year have they been a bona fide craze: Forbes described these things as the “must have office toy” in December, but by this month The New York Times described them as “the Hula Hoop of Generation Z”: referencing the worldwide adolescent craze from the 1950s. And, I mean, yeah. Fair. There are 5 spinners here in an office of, like, ten people; there’s an ENTIRE YouTube ecosystem around them. In my neighborhood, which has three middle-and-high schools, the sidewalks are LITTERED with fidget spinner packaging. Global sales estimates are in the TENS OF MILLIONS. The assumed purpose of the fidget spinner is to help people, particularly students, concentrate … to give an outlet to excess energy caused by stress, or anxiety… But many teachers have been saying, actually, tool-assisted fidgeting is not an aid to concentration, but a hindrance. What I want to figure out is, how we got here – how the constellation of meanings around fidgeting, and who does it, launched a tool reportedly suited for promoting calm concentration to SENSATION status, and how THAT may feed back into how we think of fidgeting.
--COMMENT RESPONSES TO LAST WEEK’S EPISODE--
Coming on Friday!
--TWEET OF THE WEEK--
twitter.com/dblplusgoodful/status/866215792471298048
--FURTHER READING & EXTRA LINKS--
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity
forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/fidget-spinners-are-the-must-have-office-toy-for-2017/#4b87942c18a4
nytimes.com/2017/05/06/style/fidget-spinners.html?_r=0
theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/03/fidget-spinner-inventor-patent-catherine-hettinger
buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/bad-news-teachers-cannot-stand-those-little-fidge?utm_term=.thzG3lXJj#.kyyG47bo3
books.google.com/books?id=AdAiAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=noah+webster+fidget&source=bl&ots=ZFDhMU2uJQ&sig=ifFAVKkr5HNqvGYMGIdNMrvPcgY&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2zvmuiObTAhUL64MKHWIWBaUQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=noah%20webster%20fidget&f=false
http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html
http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/index1.html
kickstarter.com/projects/antsylabs/fidget-cube-a-vinyl-desk-toy
forbes.com/sites/jplafke/2016/12/23/the-199-torqbar-is-the-iphone-of-desk-toys/#394b30217134
laurakbuzz.com/2017/02/06/fidget-cubes-awkward-relationship-to-autistic-stimming
wsj.com/articles/the-benefits-of-fidgeting-for-students-with-adhd-1434994365
http://vbn.aau.dk/en/publications/adhd-and-temporality-a-desynchronized-way-of-being-in-the-world(90ab5afe-7ed1-428c-8da3-6060bcf33bb9).html
cnet.com/news/fidget-spinner-fidget-cube-influence-on-electronics-and-gadgets
--ASSET LINKS--
00:31 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane)
youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0
1:03 5 EASY FIDGET SPINNER TRICKS FOR BEGINNERS
youtube.com/watch?v=DH1fRza6SOU
1:24 How To Make a HAND SPINNER, FIDGET TOY FOR FREE
youtube.com/watch?v=INnNFVFtO5g
1:29 Fidget Spinners- The Newest Toy To Twirl Into Americans’ Lives - NBC Nightly News
youtube.com/watch?v=rPjyjuvuooI
1:46 MATT OX - Overwhelming (Prod. OogieMane)
youtube.com/watch?v=0cZ8-RgtrP0
4:29 Fidget Spinner Tricks With a Professional Fidgeter
youtube.com/watch?v=67AzghKb8QU
4:36 ASMR TRIGGER TOYS - Unique. Intense. Tingly.
youtube.com/watch?v=zjLGB4R3-LQ
4:41 Cartier Ad - SNL
youtube.com/watch?v=iN6df0twmJQ
4:49 Hank's Take- Fidget Spinners and Cubes taking over the school yard
youtube.com/watch?v=y_rkFlSbLs4
8:27 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown!
youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ
8:35 Binaural ASMR. Popping Bubble Wrap & Crinkling
youtube.com/watch?v=9u4NlkGEfcU
9:39 FIDGET SPINNER SURPRISE CHALLENGE!!! 25 Rare Spinners Showdown!
youtube.com/watch?v=_bcStcaKZvQ
--MERCH--
store.dftba.com/collections/idea-channel
T-Shirts Designed by:
http://artsparrow.com
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta)
(who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF)
Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)
