"A society that becomes expert in tools and ignorant of reasons is taking the decision of self-enslavement. Curiosity by itself is harmless. It should be curiosity that generates action, that moves us, what finally makes us creative, which humanizes.
Topics: Around the world, Communication, culture, ideas, information, intellectualism, Interesting, Internet, knowledge, Literacy, media, People / Consumers, slavery, Society

{"title":"Did we become 21st century slaves?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/2009\/12\/did-we-become-21st-century-slaves.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/rss.xml","author":"daria","date":"2009-12-05 07:38:51","summary":"\"A society that becomes expert in tools and ignorant of reasons is taking the decision of self-enslavement. Curiosity by itself is harmless. It should be curiosity that generates action, that moves us, what finally makes us creative, which humanizes."}

Howard Rheingold on the importance the literacy in participation and sharing is what will decide whether Internet will be useful tool or garbage. The Internet as Playground and Factory - Howard Rheingold from Voices from The Internet as Play on Vimeo.
Topics: digital literacy, education, Howard Rheingold, Innovation, internet, Media, People / Consumers, social media, Society

{"title":"The importance of digital literacy","post_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/2009\/12\/the-importance-of-digital-literacy.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/rss.xml","author":"daria","date":"2009-12-05 03:28:11","summary":"Howard Rheingold on the importance the literacy in participation and sharing is what will decide whether Internet will be useful tool or garbage. The Internet as Playground and Factory - Howard Rheingold from Voices from The Internet as Play on Vimeo."}

"Virality is something that has to be engineered from the beginning…and it’s harder to create virality than it is to create a good product. That's why we often see good products with poor virality, and poor products with good virality. The...
Topics: Advertising, Communication, Digital media, Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, Media, People / Consumers, Society, virality

{"title":"Virality is not a strategy","post_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/2009\/11\/virality-is-not-a-strategy.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/rss.xml","author":"daria","date":"2009-11-29 23:51:22","summary":"\"Virality is something that has to be engineered from the beginning\u2026and it\u2019s harder to create virality than it is to create a good product. That's why we often see good products with poor virality, and poor products with good virality. The..."}

Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Incentives block creativity. Time to build business based on the knowledge of human motivations, it is what can lead to creating the change and making a difference.
Topics: business, Communication, creativity, incentives, Interesting, Life at Agency, motivations, social science, Society, Sociology, work

{"title":"Rethink the way how you run your business","post_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/2009\/11\/rethink-the-way-how-you-run-your-business.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/rss.xml","author":"daria","date":"2009-11-29 22:45:14","summary":"Traditional rewards aren't always as effective as we think. Incentives block creativity. Time to build business based on the knowledge of human motivations, it is what can lead to creating the change and making a difference."}

Image via Wikipedia Douglas Adams’ “rules that describe our reactions to technologies”: Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented...
Topics: Diverse, Douglas Adams, Innovation, people, People / Consumers, Quotes, technology

{"title":"Technology and Us","post_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/2009\/11\/technology-and-us.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.socialhallucinations.com\/rss.xml","author":"daria","date":"2009-11-29 09:58:33","summary":"Image via Wikipedia Douglas Adams\u2019 \u201crules that describe our reactions to technologies\u201d: Anything that is in the world when you\u2019re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that\u2019s invented..."}