Gift and mesology: towards an understanding of human learning communities
Applying gift theory and mesology to learning opens up new perspectives on what we should be paying more attention to when assessing. Teaching is more than just the transmission of knowledge.
Semantic optimization: balancing algorithmic performance and reading pleasure
Semantic optimization is not a binary choice between algorithms and humans, but a balance that maximizes both performance and reader enjoyment.
The garbage can model
So-called rational decisions are often taken in contexts that resemble the disorder found in the contents of garbage cans.
Public speaking and animals
The ability to express oneself well in public has been treated since antiquity as an inherent feature of the human species. It's the ability of an individual to manipulate his voice, limbs, eyes, lips, silence etc. to convince an audience, usually that of his human alter ego. But how does it relate to other animal species? Do we need to convince or persuade other species?
Finding the driving force behind the need for collaboration
Collaboration as the only possible path: that sounds like a strong injunction, but why not?