Language as a “social technology”
Via Flipboard I read an article “Why we speak” from Mark Pagel writing for the The Atlantic on the crucial role of language in our ability to trade. It offers [...]
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06, 2015
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03, 2014
„Is technology governing us or are we governing technology?” Gallery„Is technology governing us or are we governing technology?”
Adaptability, Balance Group vs Individual, Circumstances, Collaborability, Decision Making, Evolution, Homo Collaborans, Human Abilities, Mega Trends, Question of the day
„Is technology governing us or are we governing technology?”
„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.
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02, 2014
Different Scalability in Different Circumstances
Our societies and economies are impacted heavily by technological change, they always have been. While some technologies - like the bitcoin protocol - allow for smaller economic actors to be relatively more economically viable then before other developments go in different directions.
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01, 2014
Contours of the “Utopia Wallet”
(4 minutes reading time) Picking up the glove I threw in front of myself in my previous post on Clinkle to describe “the contours of the ultimate payment method” I [...]
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07, 2013
Humans and their tools in relation to collaborability
The inquiry into “Collaborability” is about creating a theory on human collaboration. Humans predominantly collaborate with tools involved. We are not the only species to use tools but we have [...]
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07, 2013
Humans form a superorganism
We see humans collaborate in family structures and in some areas of the world even more extended in tribes. We see them collaborate in companies and all kinds of other [...]
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06, 2013
Trading with the speed of light: is it desirable?
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 [...]
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06, 2013
Sneak peak: “Collaborability: a theory on Human Collaboration”
Please find below one of the sections of the document “Collaborability: a theory on Human Collaborability” I am working on. Consider it a sneak peak opportunity for all those visitors [...]
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05, 2013
Scope of study into Collaborability
“Collaborability” is a large subject, an enormously large subject. It extends our globalising society, the workings of humans both as individuals and as groups from small up to countries, the [...]
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05, 2013
From “Homo Collaborans” to Payments
Next week I will have an opportunity to present my evolving ideas on collaborability during a guest lecture at Twente University. When I initially discussed the content of my lecture [...]
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04, 2013
Money as Mechanism for Implicit Collaborability
(This is part 6 of a series of posts that will be bundled in apaper on crypto-currencies at Red Planet Dust. See for Part 1) We need to understand our [...]