Tag: Reflections
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Let go of anchoring bias to build more effective products
Last week, I tried a new video conferencing tool called Around created by a startup with the same name. Having recently raised $15 million in funding, their big claim is that their product can eliminate Zoom fatigue, the newly coined term for exhaustion caused by too much time spent on video calls. Screenshot of around.co…
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Stepping Out of Media Overload
In April 2020, a friend and I decided to start a digital media literacy initiative. We wanted to combat the rampant misinformation happening at the start of COVID-19. The idea was to infiltrate people’s social media feeds with thoughtful posts about how to approach current topics. Thus, ThinkFirst News was born. At the onset, this…
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Computers are still merely tiny file cabinets
Computers were originally built to facilitate file storage and file access. The former is about finding the right folder and putting files in there, the latter is about remembering which folder the files are in and pulling them out. This is no different than a file cabinet, except the file cabinet no longer exists outside…
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Rise of the technophilosopher
Our world is developing new technologies that are pushing the boundaries of morality and social norms, and we may see a resurgence of the humanities. Breakthrough technologies are bringing to light the need for deepening our understanding of philosophy. To cope with this, companies will designate it to a new job title, the technophilosopher. The…