For their study, Yudkin et al. compiled a dataset of nearly 370,000 AITA posts, along with over 11 million comments, posted between 2018 and 2021. They used machine learning to analyze the language used to sort all those posts into different categories. They relied on an existing taxonomy identifying six basic areas of moral concern: … Read more
It is easy to believe in these futuristic scenarios that we won’t need human advisors. In the words of Vivian Ward, the escort in Pretty Woman: Vivian: You work on commission, right? Saleswoman: Ah, yes. Vivian: Big mistake. Big. If you believe that the future will no longer involve financial advisors, you are making a … Read more
2024 has been a bumper year for this blog. According to Google Analytics, the blog has 175,000 active users, an increase of 30% over 2023, with near 300,000 views and a million interactions and so, as usual, I share the most read blog entries at the end of the year. Here are the Top 10 … Read more
As a industrial strategist* (I don’t just like the time period futurist), I’m at all times on the lookout for what may change tomorrow. More often than not I’ve been proper and, when you don’t imagine me, checkout this hyperlink: https://thefinanser.com/2020/12/what-is-the-future At present, many of the huge issues which are altering are political (new governments … Read more
