RIP Sinead O’Connor. She was a protest singer. She protested the pain of love and child abuse by the Catholic Church. She was vilified then and is now seen as heroic. An appreciation in The Guardian is here. “Everyone wants…
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With photographer Lei Wang we explored the impact of mobile social media in China. Lei emerged with a simple question; “Is social media enabling community but increasing loneliness in the city?” The work was sponsored by Cheil for Samsung as…
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Over 50% of people feel they are part of their national cultural life. Over 50% of people consider themselves to be part of the world beyond their national boundaries (World Values Survey). Often they are the same people. We live…
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Branding technologies is an interesting business. Meta tried to brand a heap of technologies into “The Metaverse”. This is like the technologies that enable “machine learning” aggregated into “Artificial Intelligence”. Or “Alien Intelligence” if you are creeped out by the…
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Back in 2011 when we founded Studioriley we had this idea: that creative talent is underutilized in the field of learning and insight. The process of creating involves a process of learning and analyzing. So, we thought, why not engage…
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It is always worth listening to Jaron Lanier as he explores the relationship between humanity and technology. At the root of his insight is that humans create technology and technology simply connects human stuff to other human stuff. AI is…
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