How do markets, innovation/creativity, and culture interact to generate progress and meaning for groups and individuals?

Different projects mentioned on this site share a set of common themes. Creativity, culture, innovation, and ongoing growth have been central concerns as I worked on the different education, web, mobile, branding, content, and writing projects showcased on this website.

Some Projects & Initiatives

Latest Blog Posts

• The Philosophy of Technology (Book): Themes & Thoughts on Technology and (Applied) Science
  This is a short review of the book “Philosophy of Technology” by V. Dusek and its main themes and ideas. Included in the end are some excerpts from the book.
• “Love the Refugees” : Why the Token Representative in Business and Culture works – a Market and Consumer Behavior Perspective
  This post is about the power of the ‘token representative’. The image of the refugee of today, is replacing that of the mobster of yesterday. It is always easier (and more emotionally satisfying) […]
• The Global Innovation Index 2022: Measurement, Growth, and Achieving Innovation Goals
  Can Economists ruin Innovation with an Index? Thoughts on measuring innovation, growth, culture, and creativity. The 2022 Global Innovation Index report released by WIPO has been published for 2022. Here are some of […]
• Vikings: Culture, Creativity, Meanings, and reframing the past…
  So, how can Thor, Odin, and the rest have been results of pillaging, rape, and raids? This post has some comments on Vikings (the series), culture, creativity, audiences, and cultural resources…
• Creativity, Stories, Culture : Ursula LeGuin’s “The Left Hand of Darkness”
  Ursula LeGuin’s stories show how creativity can be used to explore culture and societies by constructing new universes, and offer great thought experiments. “The Left Hand of Darkness” is an adventure that does […]

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26 Jan 2022

#دراسة :

“عبادة #المشاهير ” (التعلّق الزائد بهم) مرتبطة بتدنّي القدرات الإدراكيّة” (بكلمات أبسط: الحماقة) ..

#علم_النفس #علم_الاجتماع

https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40359-021-00679-3

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“First, figure out why you want the students to learn the subject, and what you want them to know.. the method will result more or less by common sense.”
– Richard Feynman

#quotes #knowledge #education #learning

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KFC is the most-searched fast-food brand of 2022 in the world (and most of the Arab world). McDonald’s is the second.

The top-5 fast-food #brands are American brands.

(Src: Visual Capitalist)
#marketing

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25 Jan

“The Isolator” is a 1925 Invention to help you focus..!
Oxygen supply, limited vision (and even two lines scratched on the glass), and shuts out 75% of the noise.

If you don’t like vintage, there is a modern version.

#inventions #innovation #work

https://www.openculture.com/2021/05/the-isolator-a-1925-helmet-designed-to-eliminate-distractions.html

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24 Jan

“You see, in this world there’s two kinds of people, my friend: Those with loaded guns and those who dig. You dig.”
– Blondie (Clint Eastwood) in ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’

#quotes

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