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To Learn or Not to Learn
Our world is moving extremely fast these days. Even 30-50 years ago it was fine for people just to graduate from school, get a University diploma,...
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Diverse forces impact the world at a consistently increasing speed, obliging us to rethink many concepts and relationships we thought given. Many phenomena are becoming more...
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[Video] THE ALGORITHMS: Does It Know What You Know and Do You Know What It Knows?
. Hope you guys do not mind a long video with crappy animation. Enjoy! . . References BBC News (4th June, 2020). K-pop fans drown out...
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The first car was patented in 1886 by Mr Karl Benz. The car was a simple tricycle with a little engine which had a maximum speed...
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I want you to reconsider Self Care Sunday and try this: Self Care Scrolling. Seeing that the global mental health day has just passed and having...
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I am afraid I have become a digital hoarder
After confronting myself with my digital media usage on my last blog I decided to continue falling down the same rabbit hole. Just that this time...
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“Uniqueness” of Social Media platforms
I don’t think I will reinvent the wheel if I say that right now social media are one of the biggest and coolest things in the...
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Last week, I wrote about the way young influencers use their social media platforms to reach out to followers. We, generationZ, millennials, and teenagers, are the...
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Through the Looking-Glass
This podcast is about filters on social media that change the ‘reflection’ of a person’s face. We (Aleksa and Emilia) explore the pros and cons of...
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Chess is among the oldest games in the world. It is believed that it originated in its earliest form in India as early as the 6th...
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One of the things the most important things to me during the beginning of the quarantine when I couldn’t see my friends was the internet– being...
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Following the youtube link above you will see the story behind two Pomeranians, Sammie & Gibbs, having their own Instagram page. If you’re wondering about their...
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One of the artists that I still have not forgotten from my first year at Leiden University is the one and only Nam June Paik (1932...
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Hello, so I decided to continue from last weeks topic of climate change and focus on the interdisciplinary approach we can all have to change the...
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