A social scientist examines the role of technology in our lives
Terkadang dalam hidup, perlu mengubah kecepatan dan keadaan pikiran, translates from Indonesian to sometimes in life, you need to change your speed and state of mind.
Consequences and Tradeoffs—Dependability in Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy
Clinical diagnostic support. Loan approval. Predictive policing and parole. These are all examples of consequential systems, meaning that they are systems with immediate, long-term, impactful consequences on people within them.
The Lunch and Learn is not the Solution to Everything
Once every few months, I find myself in a meeting where a problem has just been solved and now some sort of action is needed to put a solution in place. My initial excitement about making real progress is often dampened when a meeting participant offers the suggestion…
Can We Refrain from Jingle Fallacies for a Minuet?
Intellectually, rationally, we know that the people with whom we speak don’t always understand us and that ascribing fault is counterproductive…
Knowledge Visualization Part 4: Tips and Tools
Knowledge Visualization Part 4: Tips & Tools…
Knowledge Visualization Part 3: How We See and Why It Matters
You’ve likely seen the video with gorilla—the one in which you actually missed the gorilla the first time you watched it? Selective attention is real—hence laws against texting while driving. All of us who aim to share knowledge thoughtfully (outside of cars and monkey suits) learn to develop…
Knowledge Visualization Part 2: Awakening Your Sleeping Artist
Stanford researcher Carol Dweck has explored the concepts of fixed and growth mindsets at length. Someone operating with…
Mistakes and Transcendent Paradoxes: Dr. Peter Senge Talks on Cultivating Learning Organizations
Author: Amanda L. AndreiPassionUncertaintyLearningDiversityThe reward of doing work wellThese were only a few of the answers MITRE employees gave to Dr. Peter Senge’s question, “Think of a team you enjoyed being a part of—what made it good?” at our annual Knowledge...
Pearls of Wisdom: Part 1
This first of two posts covers some of the challenges of retaining the know-how of experienced staff in the face of changing work-force demographics. The authors compare tacit and explicit knowledge, and consider how companies might capture and retain this rich...