These days, I've been watching several interviews and talks by Yuval Noah Harari, the author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow, etc.
Got several pieces of learning from him ka:
First, being a historian isn't one who studies about the past. Rather, it's about the study of 'change'. I really like to think of it this way to see the evolution, the philosophy of life and livelihood, etc. A different way of thinking has made this seemingly boring discipline turn to be so attractive ka.
Second, we are followed (by algorithms) everywhere! Amazon, Google, and those with Big Data know me far better than expected! OMG! even when I thought I could understand Big Data a little bit, listening to his examples made me think much harder of the consequences and some different ways of thinking loei ka.
He was talking about our everyday life to use all these social media tools and to transact in all ways. When combined all, one person is better known to so many external outlets than one's own self. One example was about reading from a kindle.....when Amazon could gather information about our reading speed, which page(s) we spend more time on (and now I recall the highlighted sentences we mark too!), plus how far we've read the book. On the whole, besides knowing our books of choice, Amazon knows us so much more than we are aware of our own selves.
This is just one little thing and this could also be one of the ways to learn about our own selves and styles though each company doesn't reveal it to us yet.....and all can be sold to us eventually na ka.....another big business in the future to sell 'Know Me Better App!' ื with individual and organization-wide usage on any particular topic, or to help shape our balance in learning about other dimensions dai loei na ka nia!
How should we manage to assess ourselves now and then? Privacy, ethical issues, information security, and management of information will be much higher on the agenda for sure ka.
As I'm writing, google has already recorded my writing patterns, styles, lengths, time spent, etc.
Should I start to get scared or to friend with all these tools to know myself better dee ka?
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