Thoughts on our socio-technological connected lives

debs in Thinking futures

Jan 31, 2017

Journalism and the New Social Contract

Online commenting in the media industry is suffering from…

debs in Thinking futures

Dec 21, 2016

A New Social Contract? What is a new social contract we might consider between policy, business and citizen? How is it threaded across the private, public and social sectors?

People, Not Machines, Will Be Driving the Future of Work

Vishal Vasishth

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People first.

We are indeed forging a new social contract for the future and it impacts everything from personal relationships to business and public sector expectations.

debs in Thinking futures

Dec 11, 2016

We also see the need to work on improving the quality of conversation where it occurs, on platforms and on the web. This would be an independent center for discussion and work around...

A Call for Cooperation Against Fake News

Jeff Jarvis

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Improving the conversation. A critical part of the issue and often forgotten.

Love to learn more“Informed Conversation Project”? I’d like to see how I can get involved seriously!!!!

debs in Thinking futures

Oct 10, 2016

The art of hosting good online conversations

Howard Rheingold

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A comprehensive understanding of how to create civil online discourse ]aka tummeling!] from the master.Thanks Howard for continuing to set an example, share your knowledge and — well — just be you!!

debs in Thinking futures

Sep 23, 2016

Chatbots: Your Ultimate Prototyping Tool

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Design is a conversation.

Adapting chatbots for learning and insights is spot on. I’d been thinking of them as a perfect product feedback loop and A/B testing — this starts process even earlier. It also articulates the importance of truly groking user behavior and motivation [no surprise the team is from IDEO].

Thanks gang!

debs in Thinking futures

Jul 23, 2014

An Experiment: The psychic impact of our connected lives

During the past week I conducted an experiment in digital empathy.