Origen: Por qué las generaciones más jóvenes tendrán menos dinero y poder - technology review …al final, no son los jóvenes los que toman las grandes decisiones, sino las personas de mediana edad. Las personas entre 45 y 65 años gobiernan nuestras sociedades: la media de edad de un nuevo senador de EE. UU. es [...]
…La percepción de la vejez, el transcurso del tiempo, está cambiando en el planeta, sobre todo en las sociedades más desarrolladas. Es cierto que el reloj aún sigue reproduciendo, impertérrito, su tictac de injusticia. Duele, especialmente, en las mujeres. … Garner avergüenza a una sociedad en la que envejecer supone desaparecer de una cultura que equipara [...]
…mostrar imágenes renderizadas de nuestro yo futuro influye positivamente en nuestra propensión al ahorro dedicado a la jubilación. Origen: Marketing News, citado en "Qué leemos en The Cocktail" En Behavioral Economics se estudian en profundidad toda una serie de sesgos cognitivos relacionados con estos hallazgos: el sesgo al presente (damos más peso al presente en nuestras [...]
excerpts from A 1970s Essay Predicted Silicon Valley's High-Minded Tyranny | WIREDwhile this rhetoric of personal empowerment has been great for Silicon Valley, for the rest of the world it has produced a deeply painful reality: greater disparity in wealth and power, fewer tools for reversing these conditions, and a false sense that we are personally [...]
With Greed and Cynicism, Big Tech is Fueling Inequalities in America – Monday Note, Frederic Filloux…In the end, local taxpayers will subsidize Amazon shareholders…Hi-tech firms are prominent among recent tax-break “megadeals” awarded by cities and states. Tesla’s battery factory ($1.3bn from Nevada), Foxconn’s display-screen plant in Wisconsin ($4.8bn) and Apple’s data centre in Iowa ($214m) [...]
AIs are best at choosing answers. Humans are best at choosing questions.via @mit_jods How To Become A Centaur by Nicky Case…we’ve told ourselves that our relationship between ourselves and our AI is like a chess game: Zero-sum — one player’s win is another player’s loss.…They invited all kinds of contestants — supercomputers, human grandmasters, mixed teams of humans and AIs [...]
The Innovation Group presents our snapshot of the year ahead and the most compelling trends to keep on the radar: The Future 100: Trends and Change to Watch in 2018 The Future 100: 2018 - JWT IntelligenceToday, trends scale rapidly through technological change and digital networks. New models of commerce are causing disruption, while technology like augmented reality [...]
How To Build A High-Performing TeamThe Simple Secret To A High-Performing Team1. Build Trust On Your Team2. Build Psychological Safety On Your Team3. Set Ambitious Goals4. Work On Communication Skills5. Help Employees Build Confidence6. Listen To Your Employees
~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry; Tierra de los hombres, 1939"El uso de una herramienta inteligente no te ha convertido en un aburrido técnico. Me parece que esos que tanto se espantan de nuestros progresos confunden el fin con los medios. En efecto, quien siembra con la única esperanza de lograr bienes materiales no logra nada por lo [...]
LSE Business Review – Co-workers and makers: New public policies and corporate strategies for the cityOur seven propositions to make communities more open, sustainable and inclusive:More emphasis should be put on ‘infra-organisations’, i.e. transparent platforms designed for independent entities to share identity and governance.‘Infra-organisations’ provide infrastructural services without searching for the increasing returns likely to lead to a [...]