Some Native Peoples didn 't want to be photographed because they believed that with every copy of their image, a part of their souls would disappear.By making a copy of an aspect of my existence - a photo, a film, a sound recording, or even a text - my existence goes beyond the immediate here and now. …

Art is a mirror of society. Thanks to our communication technology, which has made possible globalization and associated scaling-up, a few giants have emerged, leaving everyone else unintentionally ... dwarfs. In our world, the ordinary is sometimes ridiculously magnified. In Maurizio Cattelan 's famous …

The creation of an unstoppable Internet of Things (IoT) is about the worst that can happen to us as humanity. Not only will the IoT soon use more energy than all our current air traffic, it will also be quite easy to create an Orwelian (1984) terror from it. In particular, the IoT is powered by sensors, …

A psychological mechanism to prefer specific (pre) judgments over general judgments has to do with control and defusing threats. By framing, what we fear becomes less generally threatening. For example, we specify an accident by looking at car age, driver 's age, alcohol / drugs, brand of car, or state …

Our valuable memories (photos, videos) and papers have been transferred from our private property to "the cloud". However, there are several major objections to decentralized (in the cloud) data storage: 1. Decreasing (human) diversity and 2. Promoting anti-sustainable boundlessness. It is argued that …

Primates spend very much time and energy on perpetuating and maintaining mutual ties. In humans, grooming has given way to chatting and gossip. While smalltalk is sometimes di?cult to understand for neurodiverse (autistic) persons, the need for bonding and interconnection is universal. As a civilized …

Due to a recent law from the Dutch cabinet (Actieplan Ammoniak) it is recently possible for pig farmers to sell their business to the state. In the Province of North Brabant, more than 300 farmers have subscribed for this rule, which means that many of the barns and farms will lose their purpose and …

In dit onderzoek is onderzocht hoe reclasseringswerkers werkalliantie tot stand zouden kunnen brengen om een bijdrage te kunnen leveren aan de motivatie van licht verstandelijk beperkte cliënten (hierna: ‘LVB-cliënt’), zodat gedragsverandering gerealiseerd kan worden. Dit onderzoek is tot stand gekomen …