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The hidden dangers of choosing the digital over the physical world
In this interesting report of recent research from Mark Vernon’s blog, the limitations of social interaction through digital services alone is made clear – basically it is not enough to keep you sane...
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How the shared experience of entertainment replaces the church
I have often wondered why we all love the shared experience of entertainment. Nothing beats chatting to your friends or work colleagues about Susan Boyle or meeting another The Wire fanatic. I came...
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The future of technology is more human and emotional, not more technical
I was inspired by a couple of excellent articles by Mel Exon on BBH Labs to write this post on the singularity and technological advancement. I recently read Ray Kurzweil’s mindbending book “The...
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Yet another top ten – philosophical, thought provoking books…
So my best mate, Toby, wanted some book recommendations to help him fulfill one of his New Year’s resolutions – to start reading more philosophy. So in the spirit of the top ten lists that have been...
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The internet doesn’t cause depression. A rejection of technological determinism.
Have you ever noticed that the mainstream press loves a good “technology is evil” story? This BBC story this morning reports that there is “a strong link between heavy internet use and depression”. The...
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Towards technological humanism- lifestreams and the empathic civilisation
Video – The Empathic Civilisation – Jeremy Rifkin – RSA Animate Another weekend just gone and another article in the papers about a supposed backlash against Social Networking, this time from The...
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Elegance in creative ideas
Working in a creative industry we often talk about how we should judge ideas. In “Made to Stick” Chip and Dan Heath came up with a great framework for understanding which ideas are most likely to be...
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How to shape our digital revolution
Why are we always having a debate about whether technological change is a good or bad thing? Rather than a debate about how to make sure that technological change is change we want? That’s what I was...
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Retrospective- top reads from 2012 on technology, innovation, economics and...
Time for a cliched New Year top ten list! Here are the articles and posts from the year gone by that have stuck with me most. The ones that have shed light and new perspective on the topics I have been...
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Not another top ten! Yup… my top ten reads of 2013
In no particular order….. 1. The news is bad for you – Rolf Dobelli in The Guardian Rolf Dobelli has taken a bit of Jonah Lehrer style criticism but I try and only read the news once a week and find...
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