Researchers have found evidence for the existence of a hypnotic state
Researchers have found evidence for the existence of a hypnotic state
A multidisciplinary group of researchers from Finland (University of Turku and Aalto University) and Sweden (University of Skövde) has found that strange stare may be a key that can eventually lead to a solution to this long debate about the existence of a hypnotic state.

It’s Not China; It’s Efficiency That Is Killing Our Jobs
It’s Not China; It’s Efficiency That Is Killing Our Jobs - DYSKE.COM
When someone owns a means of production that is more efficient, it can eliminate a large number of jobs, and he stands to profit handsomely from the money he saves. In other words, it’s not so much that American jobs are going overseas; those who own efficient means of production are now pocketing the money that they used to spend on hiring people.

How personalization isolates you from the real world
Gambling with hunger
“But in order for the financial industry to tap this new business area, market access had to first be expanded. It was strictly regulated, and for good reason. The finance industry’s lobbyists got to work, and succeeded in 1999, when the US Commodities Futures Trading Commission substantially deregulated the futures markets. Now banks were permitted to hold large positions in commodities securities.”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,783654-2,00.html
The “Social Media Expert” fallacy
Why I Will Never, Ever Hire A “Social Media Expert”
Being an expert in social media is like being an expert at taking the bread out of the refrigerator. You might be the best bread-taker-outer in the world, but you know what? The goal is to make an amazing sandwich, and you can’t do that if all you’ve done in your life is taken the bread out of the fridge.

Geminoid DK

Women less interested in competitive jobs
“When the salary potential was most dependent on competition, men were 94 percent more likely to apply than women,” List said.

Lexar chip production: automation, robotics and offshore outsourcing, all set to a funky beat

The beginning fo the end for Facebook
Millennial Generation’s Web Dominance On The Decline , Pew Study Says
The fastest growth on social networking sites like Facebook has come from the G.I. generation, those aged 74 or older
Facebook’s bet is to make the new generations getting online now, feel as excited about Facebook as the current generation are. However, this will not happen. It is all a game of perception. Facebook stops being cool when your mum, let alone your “grand-dad” is there.
Also, this world craves novelty. Not only will Facebook in a few years time (as short as 2?!) become less innovative, but they’ll be approaching what I call “brand fatigue”: just plain boredom with their design and image, based on having seen them so much. It is my personal theory that the new generations need less time to experience this phenomena than any of the previous ones.

News reports from the past on “The future”

