As you watch the television coverage of riots in the center of Athens, you might find it useful to ponder for a minute on the situation. Not for the conspiracy theories or the endless economic analysis we are all tired of. From a practical point of view the items which might appear in your… Continue reading Communicational lessons from the Greek crisis
Category: Society
Rebranding Iraq. On a human sized, stone stele
“Iraq” has negative publicity. “Mesopotamia” doesn’t. In fact, the more I look at the Code of Hammurabi, the more I get filled with ideas of great publicity campaigns. This is the cradle of civilization, the place that started it all.
How to really beat Facebook or Twitter either as a competitor or as a legislator
I have a plan so cunning, Black Adder wouldn’t even understand it. Building true intelligence within social media, but with a pretty face so that it doesn’t scare people away. It will be like giving you a supermodel intelligent secretary for free.
Machiavellian media realpolitik, iPhone radiation and Tiger Woods
Whether you are selling cigarettes, mobile phones or antideodorant, there comes a time when the scientific evidence is against you. Tried and tested methods for delaying the problem as executed over the past 500 years!
Self organized criticality in our brains (and media consumption)
Periods of calm in our brains are followed by frenzies of activity and that is the most efficient way for the whole thing to work. Get used to it.
Cutting the deficit part 1: the Eurovision song contest
You may all think we are deep in some economic crisis but the Greeks are in fact preparing for Oslo!
Tolstoy and the Greek War of financial Independence
Greece doesn’t need aid right now, it needs a serious shock to a society spoilt to the core from having it too good on borrowed money for too long.
Tribal Shame, Doping Control and how to keep Greece’s deficit from mounting again
Pride and Prejudice are useful tools in creating social norms and avoiding corporate or sporting crimes