On February 20th, 2019 Jak Wilmot wore a VR headset for 168 hours with the goal of researching how society will adopt this technology, the psychological effects...
Continue reading...Podcast: #DigitalOptimists with Stefan Buijsman (Artificial Intelligence Art Episode)
Stefan and I are discussing whether Artificial Intelligence can be considered a threat to artists and the art world, deep fakes and whether they will be...
Continue reading...The Magic Circle ft. The Occult
There exist many conceptions of social, mental and cultural borders when it comes to play and the zone in which it takes place. Upon first hearing...
Continue reading...Thoughts on Mental Health on the WWW
An estimated 1.1 billion people are affected by mental or substance use disorders worldwide. A critical aspect of these disorders is that the majority have their...
Continue reading...Podcast: #DigitalOptimists with Stefan Buijsman (Privacy Issues Episode)
I am having a conversation with my friend Stefan Buijsman who is the youngest Ph.D. of the Netherlands and Sweden (obtained it at the age of...
Continue reading...Forced social media use
The benefits and downsides were already spoken of a lot in my previous blog posts. This blog post in not necessarily about a negative or positive...
Continue reading...You’ll close your eyes to the pictures, the memories and eventually the facts
Since the existence of image-based journalism and the overall rise in various media formats, we have become oversaturated with images. This in itself does not have...
Continue reading...Online learning, life skills supplements
If you have watched any YouTube video in the past few months, chances are that the YouTube channel making the video was sponsored by Skillshare. Skillshare...
Continue reading...Viking Funerals and Frozen Money
Well folks, we all knew this was going to happen. My last blog post. No need to cry, I know we had fun, but all good...
Continue reading...‘im here to learn so :))))))’ – The exploitation of an AI *Trigger warning for the content of some images*
Some people may have heard of the short-lived existence of Microsoft’s AI chatbot called ‘Tay,’ others may have completely missed the event. The latter would come...
Continue reading...Destiny Talks Episode 7: Inclusive Narrative of Games
Destiny Talks Episode 6: Zwarte Piet
A Final Note on the use of the Digital – For Now
I have previously discussed how the use of modern technology, and the internet in particular, have become a very normal part of the lives of significant...
Continue reading...Destiny Talks Episode 5: Virtual Reality
Join us for another episode with Iman, Caressa, and Joseph on Virtual Reality and the underlying debate around it! Sources: Philip Brey (2014)’s The Phyiscal and...
Continue reading...Horizontal VS vertical videos
As I lazily scroll through Instagram, I am often suggested to carry on watching longer videos on IGTV, yet I almost never do. Since it launched...
Continue reading...10:41
Last week, last post. Can’t believe this have come to an end. Throwing back my blog posts, I am particularly interested in developing my opinions and...
Continue reading...Microtransactions, Huge Prices
University in the Dark Ages (2008)
Even though what I am about to say probably applies to people only 7-8 years older than me, I find it mind-blowing that friends, siblings and...
Continue reading...Podcast: Disconnect from the world for eight days, literally.
Attachment theory
The popularity of social network sites (SNSs) has been risen tremendously in the last couple of years. Almost 3.500 billion people use social network sites, such...
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