Digital Civics: Threats, Hygiene, Netiquette (Part 2)
We’ll do a visual recap of the first part first. Since we are talking about good behavior, naturally there is bad behavior. These are the …
Digital Civics: Concepts & Human Interaction (Part 1)
We seek people out on a URL instead of IRL pretty much all the time. So we need to know what is considered good behavior, …
4 Nudging Styles to 4x Marketing & Behavioral Engineering
Every marketing attempt is an attempt to influence behavior. Nudging is one effective tool to influence consumer and public behavior. From a behavioral engineering point …
ChatGPT’s Answers to Mental Health Questions
Imagine, chatGPT becomes the priority for conversation. How good is it for answering questions and seeking advice about mental health – a sensitive “human” topic? …
Gamification tricks from Psychology
Gamification is an attempt to make a website or app more fun and motivate users to use it. This is done by employing elements from …
The ChatGPT Effect: How advanced AI changes us
The greatest cognitive skill in a post-ChatGPT world is going to be: Asking the right questions. And then, Knowing where to ask them. 💻 So, …
Make Epic converting Ads using the Effort Heuristic
Are you selling something? Are clients unsure of its quality? Use the Effort Heuristic – People use the effort it takes to make/acquire something as …
Make a Killer App with these 8 Psychological Functions
What makes a mindblowing app? Clean, intuitive UI? Bug-free? Does what it’s supposed to do? These are the minimum requirements for a good app. Whether …
Memes are advanced emotions and outsourced thought patterns + they protecc (the psychology of memes)
When you imagine a meme, many of you might imagine a funny image with text related to a moment in the universe with some clear …
The Loneliness Loop: Understanding the science to break it and make friends
People go to extreme lengths to counter loneliness. They hug clothes in a closet, talk to themselves and toys, fall in love with an avatar …
Cyberchondria: Health Anxiety by Googling Symptoms
Free online access to quality health information is nothing short of amazing, but it does create an unfortunate problem. What is health anxiety? When it …
Online Disinhibition Effect: Why We Express More Online
Have you wondered what makes people ruder or meaner on the internet? Why do people resort to aggressive remarks, harshly criticize opinions, and fight over …
18 Pros & Cons of Online Education/Learning
Over a decade ago, we saw an uptick in people learning over the internet. The very possibility of exchanging information and connecting with others over …
How to overcome Phone Addiction [Solutions + Research]
Phone addiction is one of the biggest non-drug addictions[1] in human history. Studies show that excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide[2] (example[3]), spoilt …
The Google Effect & Transactive Memory: We remember Where data is more than What it is!
We see memory as something inside the brain – our ability to remember and know things. However, there is a lot more to memory than …