Smartphone Addiction, Digital Health. In order to make a smart choice, it is imperative that we have a good understanding of the impact digital technology already has or can have on our lives. What can we say with a degree of certainty?
Postponing the launch of my book about technology, and speaking out on racial inequality and racism for once. Guess what shaped the evolution of all human beings? And: what are we going to do with our newfound Awareness?
Have you been feeling a little uneasy about your exact place in this world and your role in this life, as a professional and as a human being? If there was ever a time to reevaluate and redefine your purpose and the value you create, this would be it.
Nir Eyal is the best-selling author of books such as Hooked andIndistractible, about the addictive design of digital tech. And he reviewed my latest book about the impact of digital tech, titledLife Beyond the Touch Screen. How I got in touch with Nir, what he said and what it means for an indie author.
After ten years with massive popularity, controversion and hype around the blockchain, what real world effects have we seen? And what will happen in the future when the technology gets more widely adopted, becomes more tried and tested and crawls out of the tech hype cycle’s ‘trough of disillusionment’?
When do we start focusing on the digital transformation that is going on in the lives of each of us, individually? When did any of us make a conscious choice about how we want digital tech to add to our lives? A story about smartphone addiction, maximizing human potential and releasing a new book from a state of near-burnout.
I just finished reading “21 lessons for the 21st century” byYuval Noah Harari, one of my favorite writers and well-known for his best-sellers “Sapiens” and “Homo Deus”. In the new book, Harari gladly recycles and bundles outtakes from those and other previous publications, and mainly adds a lot of questions.
Love, note. This is the day we share our love notes. Digitally and otherwise. Acting fake surprised and spend some time with our lovers, celebrating flutters from the butterflies in our eyes.
Can any of us truly maintain that we choose what we choose freely in today’s world? What is unethical manipulation, what is the role of tech, and how can we discern it or protect ourselves from it?
We celebrate #OfflineSunday each week because we want to raise our own awareness around self-direction of our attention, interest, desires and actions. Because we want to disconnect to reconnect. And because it’s fun, different, and very, very relaxing. Maybe you should try it, too.
As a tech geek and writer for an IT company, I love having discussions about things like Blockchain and AI — and their impact on our current and future lives — with my layman best friend (who works in Public Security). He’s still waiting for the day I show up at his house in a fully operating Iron Man-like flight suit. I still believe that one day I will.
This is an exploration of the philosophical and social reality that we refer to when we talk about money and value. First try to understand the concept of money better, the evolution of the economy and their impact on your personal life. Then apply that deeper understanding to blockchain and crypto currency, and to investing in your selection of projects.