communication – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:27:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Advanced social technologies and the future of collaboration | McKinsey&Company https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/07/advanced-social-technologies-and-the-future-of-collaboration-mckinseycompany Sat, 15 Jul 2017 23:27:35 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=70900

“After nearly a decade of research on the business uses of social technologies, executives say these tools are more integrated into their organizations’ work than ever before—and that the most sophisticated of these tools, message-based platforms, are gaining traction.”

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Esther Perel: Sex, Stability, and Self-Fulfillment https://lifeboat.com/blog/2017/06/esther-perel-sex-stability-and-self-fulfillment-2 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:07:04 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=57834

Therapist and author Esther Perel explores our ‘existential aloneness’ in this film. Much as technology continues to open new doors for connection, the rapid cultural changes of the past 100 years allow us to choose the sort of life we wish to live. We make our most important connections by choice instead of having them mandated to us by tradition. But as is the case with technology, sometimes it isn’t clear if we are primed to use these new opportunities to build more fulfilling lives or simply to frustrate ourselves, building a world where more people feel alone.

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Chat bots, conversation and AI as an interface — By Benedict Evans | ben-evens.com https://lifeboat.com/blog/2016/04/chat-bots-conversation-and-ai-as-an-interface-by-benedict-evans-ben-evens-com Tue, 05 Apr 2016 16:26:21 +0000 http://lifeboat.com/blog/?p=24285 1459386365255

“Chat bots tap into two very current preoccupations. On one hand, the hope that they can actually work is a reflection of the ongoing explosion of AI, and on the other, they offer a way to reach users without having to get them to install an app.”

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