When we get machines to detect human emotions, what are they ‘seeing’? Is it the emotion we feel inside, or the emotion we are expressing to the outside world? The two can be very different.. and both can be difficult to ‘read’.
Is the use of machines to evaluate and predict human behaviour a de-humanising act? Should a birth-to-death record of our actions be used in judgement throughout life? How about through generations…?
Could the winner’s rhetoric after a marginal election victory influence voter behaviour next time? The US mid-term elections may provide the answer…
Exploring new mechanisms for taxation in an economy that provides a basic income – do you still need a minimum wage? Read More
What does happiness have to do with offering a basic income? People are happier when they have security and autonomy, something a universal basic income could provide…
Communication comes in many forms, not all of them verbal and many of them under-valued… If eBay has taught us anything, it is that what one person considers waste can be another person’s prized possession.
Career politicians need an updated course in communications skills. The old style no longer works, as any simple A|B test could tell them…
