24 04, 2014

Miscommunication can be deadly

2016-11-16T10:46:36+00:00April 24th, 2014|Categories: Human Abilities, Psychology|Tags: , |

A guy is driving his Rolls Royce (!) down a nice lightly bending lane with cars parked on his side of the road somewhere in England. He notices a car parked a little further ahead preparing to drive away. To warn the other driver he flashes his big lights several times and to his terror he sees the car pulling up to the driving lane were he hits the car midway.

16 04, 2014

My take on human mental (in)abilities

2016-11-16T10:46:36+00:00April 16th, 2014|Categories: Adaptability, Balance Group vs Individual, Collaborability, Decision Making, Human Abilities, Human Nature, Individuals, My take on humans, Psychology, Sociology, Trust|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Human nature and our abilities are intertwined with collaborability. My statements about them are scattered all over Red Planet Dust. I wondered if a consistent image would arise when I would collect my statements.

9 04, 2014

Individuals resist factual information that threatens their defining values

2016-11-16T10:46:36+00:00April 9th, 2014|Categories: Balance Group vs Individual, Collaborability, Government, Human Abilities, Human Nature, Individuals, Psychology, Society, Sociology|Tags: , , , |

Very read worthy article by VOX's Ezra Klein about Yale Law professor Dan Kahan c.s. doing research to answer "Why isn’t good evidence more effective in resolving political debates?"

25 03, 2014

„Has Google lowered my page rankings deliberately?”

2016-11-16T10:46:37+00:00March 25th, 2014|Categories: Balance Group vs Individual, Externalities, Human Abilities, Psychology, Question of the day|Tags: , , , , , , |

What if companies like Google, or banks, start throttling their services and pricing dependent on if you are positive or negative about them or if you accept their latest offering?

23 03, 2014

Technology, government and incongruous prophesies revisited

2016-11-16T10:46:37+00:00March 23rd, 2014|Categories: Balance Group vs Individual, Evolution, Human Abilities, Human Nature, Mega Trends, Psychology|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

By clicking a link in a interesting article by Techcrunch I stumbled upon "Our Comrade The Electron" - Webstock Conference Talk by Maciej Ceglowski. Excellent presentation, intriguing narrative and great observations on our relation with technology.

23 02, 2014

It is difficult to see the world around you neutrally

2015-01-03T07:19:08+00:00February 23rd, 2014|Categories: Human Abilities, Psychology, Updated posts|Tags: , , |

We, as individuals, are seldomly aware of the fact that we have difficulties in seeing the world around us neutrally. We are loaded with concepts and ideas that when looked [...]

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