Grace Brennan

Grace is a writer from the UK, interested in the changing relationship between technology and humans. She loves transforming difficult subjects into digestible stories.

Mobile Web

Fintech Coro Global Inc launches app allowing users to make payments & save in gold

Grace Brennan4 months ago

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COVID-19 has raised serious questions about the stability of the current financial system. Stock markets have plummeted, currencies have dropped...

Business

The value of building online communities during COVID-19

Grace Brennan6 months ago

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The current pandemic has impacted businesses in a number of ways -- falling sales, remote staff, and drops in investment....

Business Technology

Emotion analytics used in AI recruitment tools are not only unethical but incorrect

Grace Brennan9 months ago

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A candidate is preparing for a job interview via video. They place themselves in front of the camera, try to...

Technology

What the Iowa caucus app debacle teaches us about transparency in election tech

Grace Brennan9 months ago

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The Iowa caucus app fiasco taught us about the lack of transparency that goes into election tech and trust in...

Technology

How LiFi will make common WiFi problems obsolete

Grace Brennan10 months ago

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LiFi is poised to make many WiFi problems obsolete from slow connections and unstable wireless connections to health concerns, restricted...

Brains Byte Back

The weekly podcast looking at how our brains, psychology, and society are impacted by the ever-evolving technology that surrounds us. Every Monday we bring you the best stories and guests from around the world relating to technology, psychology, and society.

Social media has become such a deeply entrenched part of our lives, that abandoning it all together seems like an almost impossible task for many of us. Therefore, in this episode, we will explore how we can have a better and healthier relationship with social media.

To do this we are joined by Scott Gazzoli, host of Causing The Effect, a podcast exploring how to effectively connect the mind and body through psychology and physiology.

On the show, Gazzoli discusses what motivated him to start his podcast, why he is concerned about social media influencers, and how social media is impacting our ability to delay gratification.

We also discuss how Youtube’s homepage is designed to keep us watching content, often promoting extreme videos regardless of whether or not this information is good or bad.

In addition to the above, we also pick apart the idea that every generation is fearful of something new, negatively impacting a younger generation, such as video games or rap/heavy metal music. In light of this, Gazzoli shares why he believes that social media is different from the fears of previous generations.