On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
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Business anthropologists like myself observe people’s habits and behaviours, and translate these observations into useful insights about their lives, and how they interact with…
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Having been involved in this industry for a very long time, I have the benefit of a long and wide perspective of the business…
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Like it or not, Facebook is the de facto homepage for a large chunk of the world’s internet users. They have around 450 million…
How people use social networks: an anthropological view
I recently read an article on Scientific American about the relationship between loneliness and depression and people’s use of online social networks. The scientists…
