How De Beers changed Hollywood
Boing Boing: Fascinating story of how the De Beers cartel pumped up the value of a relatively common gemstone, the diamond, by conducting a global psychological manipulation campaign.
People are so easily deluded into thinking they’ve instrumented choice, where in reality they’re nothing but passive observers.—CRASS, Yes Sir I Will
Boing Boing: Fascinating story of how the De Beers cartel pumped up the value of a relatively common gemstone, the diamond, by conducting a global psychological manipulation campaign.
‘Forensic scientists could use DNA retrieved from a crime scene to predict the surname of the suspect.‘: It’s always good to know that, when preparing to cover your crime, you can now easily frame some distant cousin:-)
There used to be a time when science was conducted to gain insight and knowledge, and for ‘the greater good’. But the EU only really acts on fear of economically lagging behind: ‘EU to challenge MIT with new institute‘. How will the Barroso Family ever achieve their Lisbon agenda when all they do is [...]
Een recentelijk onderzoek met eye-tracking naar het gebruik van forms op websites geeft aan dat expert-gebruikers, aangezien ze perfect weten hoe de webpagina er zal uitzien, onmiddellijk naar de functionaliteit kijken die ze wensen te gebruiken, zonder verder rond te kijken. Zeker wanneer het om doelgericht gedrag gaat, zoals het gebruik van web-applicaties. Alles wat [...]
The Passive Observer is Peter Maeseele, an interaction designer living in Hoboken, Belgium.
The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell