The lack of use cases for blockchain should teach organisations a valuable lesson about handling hypes

If someone tries to get you to invest in some shiny new technology — like blockchain 5-8 years ago — beware. How do you judge these proposals? A realistic use case is key.

Are we humans still ‘top dog’ in this brave new world of massive IT?

What is the information revolution doing to us humans? A very condensed journey from essences of digital technology and human intelligence to the role of talk, trust and the impact of IT — especially social media — on society. We are most intelligent on the planet, but that is a relative measure. Our intelligence has serious weaknesses, some of which the IT revolution is now making painfully visible. We must hope that we're intelligent enough to accept that we're not very intelligent. That may be an even more difficult paradigm shift than Copernicus' or Darwin's.

Perspectives on the Information Revolution

What is the information revolution doing to us humans? A very condensed journey from essences of digital technology and human intelligence to the role of talk, trust and the impact of IT on society.

Gossip, Trust and the Information Revolution (‘value’ vs. ‘values’)

Our massive use of IT (the information revolution with its information inertia and its fast but stupid behaviour) is enabling our innate behaviour to surge against our learned behaviour and that is severely damaging the social structures we humans have created. Why is this happening and what can we do about it?