Over the last 50 years, humanity has undergone many transformations many which are depending on technology as a tool enabling us to think and interact in different ways. As technology becomes cheaper, faster, and more accessible to people of all social and economic stature, the boundaries between the rich and the poor, the elite and…
Category: Philosophy
Living the life of a Futurist
Every organization deserves a futurist. They might not be an individual at the top of the corporate ladder, they don’t have be a Sr Vice President or Chief Experience Officer. As history proves, innovation can come from anywhere, it’s not bound to any specific title. A futurist i believe is someone with good taste, good know-how, and a…
2015: Its a beautiful time to be alive
I grew up watching Ninja Turtles and the Terminator and believing that by the time i was an adult, some of us would be half-robots, some of us would be living on the moon, flying weird spaceships. Things that were just part of a child’s imagination. I was over-optimistic as a child, that the world…
The Activation of Creativity at Enterprise Scale
It is quite clear from the disruption that has occurred in the technology industry in the last 10 years that corporates have more competitors that they had a decade ago. With the emergence E-Commerce, Social Networking, Smartphones, Wearable Technology, and 3D Printing right before my eyes. I can envision a future that will be vastly…
Reaching New Heights via De-centralization
(Note: The ideas expressed in this article do not point towards any organisation in particular, and are written from personal experience and a hypothetical and academic perspective) Decentralised decision-making is when the authority to take decisions is distributed throughout a large group of people. Such a concept without a doubt has far-reaching implications in any…
The Lack of Vision – A Grave Moral Dilemma
Its been a long ten 10 years when I stepped into the world of design. First learning the academic basics, then tip-toeing my way through all sorts of companies. Ad-Agencies, Advertising Startups, E-commerce, Telecom Consulting, and even Digital marketing. It’s been quite a hectic journey, i learned a lot, but this is just the start….
The Precession of Simulacra
Note: The following article is in an exploratory state, it is part of my research to understand the Reality, Symbols, and Society. I do not own the ideas, they belong to the research of Jean Baudrillard. Very few people explore the depths of the field they work in. Understanding Visual Communication/Graphic Design is entirely dependent…
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