What if there was no right to privacy? That question triggers a surge of righteous rage in many people, especially in the Western world. We rank “privacy” right up there with “free speech” and “freedom of worship.” But as we’ve seen (especially in the past 20 years of the information
Farhad Manjoo from the New York Times is struggling with a core issue of our time: What’s going wrong on “the internet”? He chronicles the rise of fake news, click-bait, and outright abuse. He tracks those efforts back to malicious actors (both foreign and domestic) with ill intent. He calls
Who can afford to live forever? You’ll notice that’s a different question than “Do you want to live forever?” or “Is it possible to live forever?” Human mortality is the great equalizer. No matter their money, their influence, or their intellect, Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, Sheryl Sandberg, and Tim Cook will someday pass from the scene,
What follows is a fictionalized vision of a possible future filled with Data Exchange Networks (DENs) designed to bring the process of private data collection out into the open. February 5, 2029 As a fractional research scientist, Lynn Thomas uses her talents to aid a number of clients – from
Creativity is a gift, mastering it and being able to channel it productively is a discipline. As an experience designer, I bring sensitivity and empathy to the work space while factoring the value proposition for the business. Working in a startup has created an opportunity for my ideologies to be
If you use Swiffer WetJet, you are a puppy murderer. But wait, you say. How could I? P&G would never lie to me about the safety of their Swiffer® WetJet™?! But of course. All of those “chemicals.” How could I be so stupid! Yep. You’re a cold-blooded murderer. Wasn’t it lucky
Google Maps is free, isn’t it? It seems like a question with an obvious answer, doesn’t it? Of course, Google Maps is free. I’ve never been asked to enter my credit card to look up a new address. There is no subscription plan. There is no pay wall. But just
Take advantage of Loss Aversion and develop your own decision-making superpower using the 2X Rule. Most consumer decision-making models fail to satisfy us because they don’t account for how our brains work — especially on decisions where we are giving up something rather than gettingsomething. Moving to a new neighborhood, changing jobs, and quitting smoking
The World is Changing Before our Eyes The future of everything is in the crowd — through distributed networks and blockchains which enable privacy, collaboration and trust on an unprecedented scale. This is the next revolution. Individuals taking back power from governments, companies and agencies by reclaiming their privacy and anonymity. Blockchains remove
In the previous post I argued that the growing concerns regarding the internet have many causes: from underlying social problems, to bad science; from bad incentive structures put in place by big platforms, to the ongoing process of centralization that magnifies the impact of any problem that might arise. I