Homo Zappiëns is a Myth
Just FYI, the digital native is a myth. The younger generation uses technology in the same ways as older people and is no better at multitasking. In a paper(1) published in the journal Teaching and...
View ArticleA new mindset to fight the Dragon-Tyrant
Here we have a couple of new videos by CGP Grey and Kurzgesagt on why we should look ageing and death in the eye with a more challenging attitude. Because the Reaper comes for all eventually, humans...
View Article#SaudiWomenDriving
I wish Saudi women a brilliant future. Imagery to celebrate #SaudiWomenDriving already are! ____________________ Images: Arab News, The Economist
View ArticleGodzilla, King of Anxiety
Godzilla: King of the Monsters is the 35th film in a series starting back in 1954, easily the longest in world cinema history. This fact has attracted scholarly attention, and what scholars have found...
View ArticleBoard Diversity as a Signal of Firm Preferences
For decades, proponents of gender diversity have pointed to the potential economic gains resulting from more women in top management positions and corporate boards. Increasing the number of female...
View ArticleWhy pop songs got the blues
Are popular songs today happier or sadder than they were 50 years ago? In recent years, the availability of large digital datasets online and the relative ease of processing them means that we can now...
View ArticleEO Wilson. In Memoriam
Darwin’s natural heir, the Darwin of the 21st century, The New Darwin, Modern-day Darwin Renowned Ant Researcher, The world’s leading authority on ants, Ant Man Famed entomologist and pioneer in the...
View ArticleWhy do some cultural products succeed and others fail?
Those who sell books, movies, television shows, and songs often have a great deal of trouble predicting what will succeed. Even experts make serious mistakes. In a paper in construction to be published...
View ArticleDelicious food for thought
From time to time, you find a delicatessen. This one comes from The Public Domain Review, in 2015: Chocolate has not always been the common confectionary we experience today. When it first arrived from...
View ArticleForget about Robots. The future is the Sociont
Four years ago, in a highly speculative post, I wondered about the current evolutionary stage and the possibility of a further integration of human beings as organelles of a future evolving...
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