This week's must-reads: Why Amazon is eating the world
In my work as a behavioral designer, I come across stories on the importance of using psychology to influence behavior. Here's my weekly round-up of the most important stories at the intersection of psychology, technology, and business.
Why Amazon is eating the world
Amazon has been systematically rebuilding each of its internal tools as an externally consumable service.
How to Use Psychology to Make Persuasive Video
Compared to other media types on the web, video is unique in the immediacy with which it can convey a vast amount of emotional and informational content to its viewers.
What Plato knew about behavioural economics. (A lot)
How much did Plato know about behavioural economics and cognitive biases? Pretty much everything, it turns out
How Google Took Over the Classroom
The tech giant is transforming public education with low-cost laptops and free apps. But schools may be giving Google more than they are getting.
What know-it-alls don’t know, or the illusion of competence
One day in 1995, a large, heavy middle-aged man robbed two Pittsburgh banks in broad daylight. He didn’t wear a mask or any sort of disguise.
Virtual and Augmented Realities: Asking the right questions and traveling the path ahead
The past year has been big for virtual and augmented reality: new VR hardware for consumers came to market, from smartphone-powered options…
Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future
Without greater federal funding of cutting-edge technologies, corporations such as Google will be the ones that own the future.
Acquisition is Easy. Retention is Hard.
Acquiring new customers used to be really hard in SaaS. Most companies were limited to either banner ads via Google AdWords, or SEO.
Systems of Intelligence: Is this the VC meta-thesis we’ve been looking for?
A look at Systems of Intelligence, barriers to entry, and enterprise VC investing in the post-SaaS world
Nir Eyal is the author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and blogs about the psychology of products at NirAndFar.com. For more insights on changing behavior, join his free newsletter and receive a free workbook.
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Highly interested in cybercrime research, OSINT, phishing, threat intelligence, and keeping your grandma from getting phished.
7ySlightly off-topic but that robot (The Method built by Hankook Mirae Technology in South Korea) in the image used here sucks and is basically just for show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmy-lwcsu78
Electrician
7yHopefully we don't become too reliant on just one company .
Unix/Linux System Administrator
7yGreat article Zack Kanter!
Person with a positive outlook
7ywell then we'll have a global government called 'the great amazon', sounds like it's right out of a novel.