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How Do Information Ecosystems in Cannabis Compare to Those for Other Products?

Whenever I walk into a cannabis dispensary, I’m always overwhelmed by the choice of products available. [As an aside, one of my all-time favorite Ted Talks is one by Barry Schwartz on the …

Ideas Need Language: The Discovery of Discovery in Both Name and Concept

Science and Discovery Are Defined Science and Discovery Are Redefined A Proliferation of New Ideas and New Language A revolution in ideas requires a revolution in language. -- D…

Discussion of the Mapping Apps Game

Mapping apps, such as Waze and Google Maps, have created enormous value for users by helping them get to where they’re going faster. As least initially, when few people were using mapping apps, the a…

What Makes the Most Popular TED Talks So Popular?

Suppose a friend told you that he was planning on doing a TED Talk, and he asked your advice on how to make his talk one of the most popular TED Talks out there. What would you tell him? This is exa…

Persuasion Technologies in the Digital Age: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

05 September 2017

Persuasion technologies include methods and techniques derived from behavioral psychology and behavioral economics used to shape the choices people make. The favorable environment for using such meth…

Playing the Amazon Monopoly Game

AMAZON ECOSYSTEM COMPONENTS AMAZON SEGMENTS AMAZON SALES, INCOME, AND MARGINS AMAZON METHODS OF COMPETITION ANTI-TRUST ISSUES Amazon is leaving a large pile of battered companies in its…

Considerations for a Single-Payer Healthcare System in the US

This analysis considers how the US healthcare system would change if we were to transition from the current multi-payer system to a single-payer system. The analysis first presents facts that will be…

Playing the Dynamic Pricing Game

Price discrimination may be defined as selling the same thing to different people for different prices. Price discrimination can take many forms, such as volume discounts, price premiums, or mar…

Playing the Yelp Ratings Game

The Yelp Controversy Yelp is a social media site that hosts information about local businesses and lets customers post ratings and reviews about their experiences with those businesses. Yelp uses a…

Description of the Terrorist Screening Game

The Trump Administration's most recent proposal to prevent terrorists from entering the country is to undertake "extreme vetting" in the form of disclosing contacts on their mobile phones, social-med…

How Do We Conquer Fake News?

“Fake News” has become one of the big afflictions of our times. I just Googled the phrase “fake news,” and it generated 174 million hits. No one seems to know anymore whether or not any reported info…

A Brief Overview of the Fake News Game

15 November 2016

Facebook and Google have recently being getting flack from users for hosting fake news stories. As Jack Nicas and Deepa Seethataman report, “Google and Facebook Take Aim at Fake-News Sites” Facebook…

Information Distortions on the Internet

07 October 2016

“Honest” Distortions of Information on the Internet Not-So-Honest Distortions of Information on the Internet Propagation on the Internet Promotes Distortion of Information Governments Use the Inte…

Creating Price Transparency for Outpatient Surgery Will Help Align Patient Expectations and Improve Patient Outcomes

Current Doctor-Patient Communications Involve Miscommunications Suppose a patient damages his knee. He goes to see an Orthopedic Surgeon. The surgeon conducts some tests and concludes that the patie…

Playing the Black Friday Game

01 December 2015

The Origin of Black Friday What’s at Stake? The Evolution of Patterns in Retail Sales Some Issues Regarding the Black Friday Game The Origin of Black Friday The origin of the name Black…

Evolution of the Adblocking Game, Part 3

08 October 2015

In Part 1 of this analysis on adblocking I described how advertising dollars have remained relatively constant over time, even as radically new venues for ads have appeared. I then describe…

Evolution of the Adblocking Game, Part 2

06 October 2015

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Part 1 of this analysis I described how advertising dollars have remained relativel…

Evolution of the Adblocking Game, Part 1

02 October 2015

In an earlier analysis, I looked at some of the dynamics involved in Playing the Online Adblocking Game This analysis examines the dynamics involved in the Online Adblocking Game, which inclu…

Playing the SysDev-Hacker Game

01 September 2015

Incidents of hackers ("Black Hats", that is, those with nefarious intentions) breaking into technology systems are certainly nothing new. But each new report reminds us that we’re all vulnerable to f…

Playing the Online Adblocking Game, Part 4

A copy of the full analysis can be downloaded by clicking on the link at the bottom of this blog entry. In Part 1 of this analysis, I described recent trends in Internet advertising and Inte…