Homo Sapiens, Homo Faber and Homo Dictyous. Creatively united by computing science

Homo Socialis and Homo Sapiens

The assumption that individuals are behaving rationally can, at times, usefully constrain predictions of individual and collective behavior. However, success in predicting human and group behavior will often require relaxing this assumption of rationality, instead employing evolutionary, neural, and cognitive constraints. One particularly important form of neural and cognitive constraint is tha...

Homo Sapiens

From Homo Economicus to Homo Sapiens

R esponding to a request for a forecast is especially tricky for someone like me, who specializes in other people’s biases. Research in psychology suggests that certain biases are very likely to creep into my forecasts about the future of economics (or anything else). 1. Optimism (and wishful thinking). We all tend to be optimistic about the future. On the first day of my MBA class on decision-...

Managing Homo Sapiens

A The evolutionary process in general, and human evolution in particular, are basic to comprehending Homo sapiens. Human evolutionary heritage predisposes human behaviour, and that is what all management systems (including Total Quality Management) seek to affect via training, coordination, and motivation. The evidence of behavioural biology and evolutionary psychology points to two huma...

Catalogue from Homo Faber 2007

Epoxy nanocomposites with multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) filler up to 0.3%wt were prepared by shear mixing and good dispersion of the MWCNTs in the epoxy was successfully achieved. The electrical behaviour was characterized by measurements of the alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC) conductivities at room temperature. Typical percolation law behaviour was observed with a low pe...