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The Price of Your Attention
One of the major industries today is the economy of attention. How did man manage, in a relatively short time, to pass such a long way, from in-kind, commodity and monetary exchange, to virtual transactions with something so abstract and volatile as human attention? Some authors have even forecast that attention transactions would replace financial transactions as the focus of the economic system.
Corona Infodemic and My 10 Takeaways
As I am not of medical profession, I will try to avoid interpreting this virus that the whole world is plagued with. Whether it is really so dangerous or not, whether it is a conspiracy or just a coincidence... I really don't know and I have absolutely no firm stand about it. These questions appear to be unanswered by the greatest experts.
Influencers to Win Elections
The US presidential elections are taking place this year. The Republican champion, Donald Trump, is still waiting to see the appropriate Democratic contender, yet to be chosen at the party's primary elections. One of the top-ranking candidates among the Democrats is Michael Bloomberg, a billionaire and former New York mayor, also the oldest and the wealthiest of all candidates. However, his age is not an obstacle […]
Social Networks and Other Vanity Fairs
Social networks are like wholesale markets selling human goods. We expose ourselves as products on public stalls, we beautify and sprinkle ourselves to appear more fresh and appealing, more attractive to potential buyers. As any type of goods, the shelf-life is limited, tomorrow we have to arrange our stalls with fresh and tasty goods if we want to get someone's eyeballs. Try to...
The Second Page of Google
What is the relation between the content quality and Google's page ranking? Why do people spend money to be ranked on Google's page one? What search forms are becoming increasingly popular? We all know that joke that already started getting on our nerves. - What is the best place to hide a body? - The second page of Google.
Break Free from Your Smartphone Addiction in 10 Not-So-Easy Steps (2019 Guide)
How to treat the internet addiction and achieve a gradual hook-off from devices? Empty talk and criticism are of not much avail. It is time for action...Take a look at hands-on and painful actions we as a family have taken following a rather unusual event, and trust me, it worked... Howe to disconnect to reconnect again? Owing to modern technology and devices, we are now more connected than ever...
Environmental Mindfulness Can Blow Your Mind
Can we buy indulgences for sins against nature? What do we know about environment and how important is it to us? Is there a genuine concern about nature? Can an individual change anything? How much time do we have left exactly? Are we doomed? I have been thinking lately what exactly I know about the environment and what they have taught me so far...
Seniors and Third Millennium
You are over 60. You are already or soon to be retired. The use of modern technologies seems like too much of a challenge for you. You feel as if you got lost in this millennium. You find communication with your children difficult, and almost impossible with grandchildren. You keep asking yourself whether you speak the same language after all. You feel isolated and lonely...
Power Cut, A Quarrel and (En)lightnement
Internet Addiction Do you spend more than 4h on screen every day, outside your work? Do you check notifications on your phone within the first 15 minutes after you wake up? Do you find your smartphone more important than your wallet? Do you find it difficult to read a book from cover to cover?
Will Startup Frenzy Lead to New Economic Crisis?
What is the difference between a startup and an entrepreneur? Has the startup philosophy changed traditional financial and economic models? What is the relationship between the horse's butt and the rocket shape? Why the Silicone Valley pumps up enormous amounts of money into startups?
Artificial Intelligence - from Immortality to Extinction
What is the first thing that occurs to you on AI mention? Good or Bad? Fear or Hope? Future or Threat? Do you think of the smart cities that will make our lives easier or of HAL 2000 computer from the Space Odyssey which acquired autonomous moral and became a threat to humanity?
Reality Programs - A Brief Guide for Dummies
Reality shows - TV programme where ordinary people, not actors by vocation, are being continuously filmed in real or spontaneous situations, with no screenplay or plot prepared. We will analyze in this text whether the term reality fully conforms to the above definition. Anyhow, reality shows have become an immanent phenomenon in mass media, but also in our homes...
Why is Only Digital Discrimination Socially Acceptable?
What is digital discrimination and how is it manifested? Have you ever truly questioned your relationship towards people who do not want or cannot use technology - computers, smartphones, Internet? Do they make you pissed or complacent? Do you judge them or pity them? Or perhaps envy them sometimes?
Digital Minimalism - How Can Less Be More?
What is digital minimalism? Who are its pioneers? Why is it so popular nowadays? Which ideas can be applied? Technology has embarked on our lives and it is here to stay. We cannot and should not avoid that. Even though the data seem worrying, the use of technology is not only inevitable but also immeasurably useful...
Industrial Revolution 4.0 - Benefits, Challenges and Consequences
Industrial Revolution 4.0, digitalization, Internet of Things, startups, social networks, online banking... Large percentage of population in Serbia needs a glossary of technical terms to realize what you are saying. Yet, the aforementioned stuff became our reality and every day life. Where to start from, how to understand and adapt? Is it too late for me perhaps?
How to Fight Fake News?
"Serbian tourist killed shark in Sharm El Sheikh". This headline from 2010 brought fame to now widely popular njuz.net portal, famous for its satirical news. The news is untrue and funny of course, but even such it created a true mayhem, it was even distributed by some foreign portals...
Digital and Generation Gap - Laptop or Lapot?
To be honest, I belong to Generation X, so it is no surprise that I sublimed it and idealized it. Because I really believe that my generation is capable of understanding all of the cohorts above who currently co-exist on this planet. And that we can be a good bridge over a wide generation gap that opened up...
Luddites and Everything We Were Taught Wrong About Them
Nottingham, England, 1810. A gloomy morning filled with permeating stench and smog of the industrial city. Wealthy owners of textile factories are awakened by an unpleasant smell of smoke and char enveloping the city from the direction of their production facilities. Fires in England in early 19th century were a common thing, but what they had found in front of their factories rendered them speechless...