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social media needs to be less addictive but also More Useful
You might notice an anxiety when you use social media or anywhere with user generated content. Or rather I should say, you might notice anxiety when you haven’t used it in a while. Maybe it’s best described as ‘feed FOMO’.
Reality, Consciousness and a theory called Biocentrism
First a caveat. I don’t know how established ‘Biocentrism’ is as a theory. My interest in quantum physics led me to theories on reality and consciousness and then I discovered a book published in 2017 called ‘Beyond Biocentrism’ by Robert
What is Psychophysics and what does it tell us? A quick intro
I came across the term in a new book by Frank Wilczek called ‘The Ten Keys of Reality’. which was just released this month. I’ve been a fan of the author since reading ‘The Beautiful Question’ – a wonderful book
Why create a new platform just for help?
Most humans like to help each other out. There is a psychology and philosophy to how we do it already (online or in person) but there are also opportunities to create better, mindful new ‘help platforms’. Let’s begin with more
One thing Artificial Intelligence can’t give you
In the battle between AI vs human, one vital thing AI can’t give you is first hand experience. When it comes to advice or recommendations in particular, the benefit of real experience, can make it much more valuable. In my
Get ready for a new ‘Wisdom Economy’ – Knowledge has a Price
The knowledge economy is an economic system where people give their knowledge in exchange for monetary value or some kind of alternative reward. It’s been around forever. Humans have always shared knowledge in return for rewards so nothing new there.
Recommendations? The best ones come from humans
If you’re looking for a really good recommendation where do you go? Online recommendations usually apply an algorithm based on previous history or popularity. The problem with that approach is that we often get served more of the same (sometimes
To make products ‘Human Centered’ first let’s find out more about Humans
We’re hearing it more and more – ‘let’s make things more human’. We kind of know what that means but it’s not often clear enough to translate into a set of requirements. Being human is an aspiration to make something
Can we Codify Reason? Design for a New ‘Thinking’ Machine
Reason or the act of reasoning is a hard thing to pin down. It seems similar to Logic but it also feels close to understanding. What is Reason? The exact definition is arguable yet we can be certain it is
What is Recency Bias? Why we Over Index on New Information
The first time I heard the term ‘recency’ was during an appraisal at work. My manager had convinced me that they weren’t applying ‘recency bias’ during a performance meeting. In this particular case, I was going through a challenging period
The Case for the Research of Controversial Ideas
Innovation arises from new and often controversial ideas. Most of my business career has been focused on it. As an ‘innovation practitioner’ my job involves discovering and trying out new concepts to improve or create new customer experience. We’re spurred
5 Human Effects that Cause Digital Transformation to Fail
There isn’t an organizational leader who will claim that they don’t need some kind of process improvement. Ditto, there isn’t a leader who won’t agree that modern methods of digital transformation, like Agile, Lean, Data-driven or Cloud ought to be