Human Tech

Why do we like vacations? How do I get the most out of a vacation? What type of vacation should I take? All this and more...

A fun hour of ethics and persuasion with Nathalie Nahai, author and web psychologist.

We brought a lot research about the elderly, and how they use and experience technology to the table today. Undertalked about topic!

Man, reading is weird. We got all sorts of fun facts about reading and what it does in our brains. Guthrie discovers his brain is, again, weird.

We're on the road, but did a podcast anyways on Brexit and what this means for tech and globalization.

Brain Hacks Part 2, but we kinda got a little sidetracked, so this podcast is mostly about the future of people mucking around with their brains to become more healthy: the next big heath craze will be brain stimulation! We need a Part 3 to finish it up.

Your brain is hackable. But it's a big section. So we are going to break it up into two different podcasts. We talk about some general tips about how to hack your brain, and what it means.

Why do we make the decisions that we do? We discuss a lot of the most recent research on decision making.

We talk about human computer interaction a lot. Susan takes us deep on the history of the field and the early days of computers. Guthrie whistfully plays with this 1800th century loom.

One of the powerful 7 Drivers of Motivation that Susan explores in her book "How To Get People To Do Stuff" is the Need To Belong. Why do we get on fights online? Why does it feel like our poltical process is broken? Why is the sales department at my company the worst? We talk about the huge effect the Need To Belong has on humans.