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.

7 04, 2014

The “aggressive cancer” of high-frequency trading

2016-11-16T10:46:36+00:00April 7th, 2014|Categories: Decision Making, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , |

High-frequency trading makes it apparent that in stock and other financial trading computer decision making is out pacing humans in speed and quality. Three issues spring to mind: (1) The impact of efficiency of markets on collaborability, (2) Our societal relationship with technology and (3) Decision making is shifting from humans to computers.

11 03, 2014

„Is technology governing us or are we governing technology?”

2016-11-16T10:46:38+00:00March 11th, 2014|Categories: Adaptability, Balance Group vs Individual, Circumstances, Collaborability, Decision Making, Evolution, Homo Collaborans, Human Abilities, Mega Trends, Question of the day|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

„Is our political system capable of managing rapid technological change?” When pressed I would be tempted to answer the question with a resounding YES! for I see abundant evidence around me we have done so very successfully. Actually it is one of the core abilities we humans have to adapt to changing conditions.

16 02, 2014

Bitcoin: It’s the platform, not the currency, stupid! – The Next Web

2016-11-16T10:46:39+00:00February 16th, 2014|Categories: Bitcoin, Collaborability, Competition, Decision Making, Marketplaces, Mega Trends, Next Payments, Payments, Trust|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

(1 minute reading time + 15+ minutes external article) As with Marc Andreessen's article "Why bitcoin matters" from three weeks ago I can recommend an other landmark article on crypto [...]

24 06, 2013

Trading with the speed of light: is it desirable?

2016-11-16T10:46:42+00:00June 24th, 2013|Categories: Balance Group vs Individual, Collaborability, Collaboration Mechanisms, Decision Making, Externalities, Marketplaces, Mega Trends, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

A regularly recurring theme at Red Planet Dust is the impact of IT-driven trends on decision-making and robosourcing, marketplaces and exchanges. "High Frequency Trading" is an exemplary example were technology [...]

13 04, 2013

Your Behaviour will Haunt You in Big Data Driven Job Application Assesments

2016-11-16T10:46:49+00:00April 13th, 2013|Categories: Below the surface, Collaboration Mechanisms, Decision Making, Micro Collaboration, My take on humans, Opinion, Trends, Updated posts|Tags: , , , , , |

Big data will push out human factor more and more in decision-making. An interesting quote from the economist article "How might your choice of browser affect your job prospects?" underlines [...]

12 04, 2013

Trust in an Inter-connected World

2016-11-16T10:46:50+00:00April 12th, 2013|Categories: Below the surface, Bitcoin, Collaboration Mechanisms, Decision Making, Marketplaces, Micro Collaboration, My take on humans, Next Payments, Opinion, Payments, Popular, Standardisation, Trends|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

(This is part 3 of an article on crypto-currencies at Red Planet Dust. See for Part 1, Part 2) Human collaboration is based on trust. We do not have a [...]

28 03, 2013

Internet is changing the Nature of Man

2016-11-16T10:46:51+00:00March 28th, 2013|Categories: Below the surface, Collaborability, Collaboration Mechanisms, Decision Making, Micro Collaboration, My take on humans|Tags: , , , , , |

In an earlier post I stated that we are changing due to the effects of placing our memory outside of our brains (aka “exomemory”) and suggested that is even taking [...]

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