Tag: anthropology
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Lesbians Who Tech : The key takes from the keynotes
If you have never heard of it, you should have – the Lesbians Who Tech summit is a conference for the LGBTQ+ community and allies, with the focus on those who work in tech, and in all honesty, this is a poor description for a brilliant event with a brilliant agenda. I first heard about…
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“You’re stupid” – how to respond to disparaging comments in public space
More than ever, we are living our lives publicly. As businesses, companies, entrepreneurs and private persons, we represent two sides of the identity coin – the private, where all the usual stuff happens (in case of businesses etc, that’s where you plan, design, budget, etc… all the things that are not necessarily public domain and…
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Can anthropology truly work cross business?
One of the most important things to remember when talking about anthropology is that it is about us, humans – literally. It covers who we are, what we do, how we behave – and that is exactly what business does too.When I first started this consulting business, I had to repeatedly explain to people what…
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It’s (always) the end of the world as we know it – GPT-3, Deepfakes and humanity
When photography was invented, all manners of beliefs were almost immediately attached to it. The camera was an almost magical device. It was supposed to be able to capture supernatural, among other things… photos of ectoplasm and ghosts, for instance, became a staple (link).In reality, the invention of photography meant that faking things was suddenly…
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Online, Offline And Us – Privacy In Post-COVID World
We are bored. We are desperate for human contact. We have lives to live, work to do, health concerns.We are living in a pandemic world, hopefully soon to be a post-pandemic one, but the changes are likely here to stay.So the great question right now is – what now?