Jess Rapp

Born and raised in Asia, and a global nomad, Jess is always on the look out for the next adventure, and what stories it will bring. She is passionate about solving world issues, and how technology can play a role in this.

Business Technology

The gig economy has a new player in town, keeping your finances in order

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Popularized by Uber and AirBnB, the gig economy has grown immensely over the past few years, raking in a workforce...

the sociable -gender inequality startups

Business

2018: the year women shake-up the startup scene

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Gender equality in the work place, or rather the lack of it, was one of 2017's pivotal topics. The combination...

Gaming

eSports attracting more than just competitive gamers

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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The eSports industry has exploded in the past couple of years with a record number of competitive gamers entering leagues,...

Technology

How tech can help solve any mishaps in gift giving to millennials

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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With Christmas right around the corner, the millennial enigma continues to baffle many when it comes to gifts this holiday...

Technology

Coding Autism: the startup empowering autistic adults in the tech industry

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Technology has helped open doors for people with autism, from AI apps democratizing education, to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)...

Business Technology

Storiad: a new digital chapter for the book industry

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Despite the fact that over one million books are published every year in the US alone, authors actually have very...

Technology

How video analytics and facial recognition are fighting crime

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Security surveillance just got smarter thanks to the development of video analytics and facial recognition technology. With millions of closed-circuit...

Technology

FINNOSUMMIT to bring Latin America’s most advanced Fintech startups to Miami

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Arguably one of the most successful fintech conferences in Latin America, FINNOSUMMIT Miami will bring together cutting-edge industry players to discuss...

Web

Pawn Friday will unite 1,000 shops to provide financial lifeline to underbanked

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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PawnGuru has come up with an alternative way to grant the underbanked financial access by using the pawn industry as an...

Business

Nordic Startup Awards highlights region as alternative to Silicon Valley for tech

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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On Wednesday October 18, Nordic Startup Awards held its Grand Finale in Stockholm, Sweden, an event honoring the Nordic region's...

Business Technology

Rockstart accelerator launches its 1st program in Latin America

Jess Rapp3 years ago

Dutch Startup accelerator Rockstart kicked off its Web & Mobile Accelerator Program on October 11 in Bogota, Colombia - its first in Latin...

virtual reality is being used to combat a very real issue: sexual assault

Technology

How VR is being used to combat a very real issue: sexual assault

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Vantage Point, a virtual reality (VR) company providing perspective on sexual assault from both victim and perpetrator, is launching a...

Technology

Gesture control tech is disrupting industries, but is it making society too dependent?

Jess Rapp3 years ago

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Gesture control technology can now turn any object into a remote control using cameras and is revolutionising industries, but is...

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.

As Elon Musk’s Neuralink and other implantable brain-machine interfaces continue to advance, it seems like we will soon be living in a world where our mind can control everything.

But before we reach this future, it is important for us to first understand our own minds, how they work, and how to control them. In this episode, we will explore the power and importance of our inner voice.

To better understand the chatter in our heads, we are joined by Ethan Kross, an award-winning professor at the Psychology department of the University of Michigan. He is also the author of the new book CHATTER: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It, which comes out today.

In this episode, we discuss the TED talk “Mind Control: How to win the war in your head” and why our inner voice can often be very negative. We also look at how we can change this, shaping our inner dialogue to become more positive, thus creating the basis of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT).

In addition to this, you will learn how meditation influences our inner voice, his work relating to social media and well-being, why using our name when talking with ourselves can help us overcome difficult situations. Kross also explains how he uses mental time travel to put problems into perspective.