Category: Cognitive Funding

  • The challenge of OOOIO: opting out of information overload

    I keep a list of nagging questions like, “why can’t Google organize all my different video services (HBO, Starz, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, etc.) so I can browse through all of my viewing options at the same time?” The obvious answer is that Google wants users to watch movies on YouTube and subscribe to its…

  • Smart Phones and Drained Brains

    As we use our mobile phones to do more and more things, we are paradoxically able to accomplish less— even when the phones are face down and turned off. My last column explored how smart glasses (“heads up display” or “HUDs”) will increase the amount of digital information we look at, with the ironic twist…

  • Why Avengers ROCKS + Top 5 Superhero Movies

    Yesterday my almost-seven-year-old son and I took in a 3D matinee of “The Avengers” and had a blast. We loved it so much that we plan to see it again in iMax. The movie has everything—Joss Whedon directing off a terrific screenplay he co-authored, a huge budget with huge stars, and, startlingly for a popcorn…