Sanne Hoekstein
Student Psychology at Leiden University
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Mirror, Mirror, Facebook wall, Who's the prettiest of them all?
Social risks should be included in a risk analysis of Facebook.Most of you will probably have Facebook. Facebook can be used in multiple ways: you could tell people you went on vacation, tell all your friends about your diploma or show your new haircut. You can even invite a group of friends to join a festival or invite people to your birthday. There is however another side to all of this. Let’s call it the dark side of Facebook. The dark side of Facebook… -
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NS: From No Service to No Stress
Possible improvements for the “Nationale Spoorwegen” based on the value sensitive design.When travelling with the Dutch public transportation train company NS there is one thing that you will probably notice. There is a lot of room for improvement. Lucy has to go to work 5 days in the week and in the weekend she often goes to a museum in another city. Lucy will tell you her opinion of the design and the the possible improvements. Does the NS have a value sensitive design? A value… -
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The social desirable moral overload
Social desirability as the cause of moral overload and its own social desirable effectOnce in my life I have heard someone say: I do not care about the wellbeing of others. I did not know what to think of this; the first that came to mind was that it had to be a joke. But it also made me wonder: why was I so surprised by this statement? It is because most people do care, and it is social desirable to care about others. In the current society people are socially pressured into… -
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The opportunity hidden in a problem
How the refugee problem will increase the radical innovation.When looking at several news sources, the refugee crisis is been presented as a dreadful situation. Refugees are often being presented as a terrible burden on our society. Some groups are starting to fight the presence of these groups in society by protesting and aggression and sabotage towards refugees and their shelter. This is a very big mistake because refugees will be able to help our… -
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Two sides of the frugal innovation coin
The effects of frugal innovation on workplace conditionsWe are all consumers. From billionaires to bums and everyone in between. We all have needs, we all have desires. Whether it is a private plane or a sufficient meal, we all consume. This provides chances for producing companies, from goldsmith to grocer. In innovation there is a part of innovation that focusses specifically on the people that are not all that wealthy. Frugal innovations are… -
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Be safe, stay inside!
The excess of the precautionary principle if applied on individuals.We’ve all heard it at some point in our live: Be careful. Now when considering this, it is a very weird suggestion. Most of you probably were not going to get themselves intentionally run over by a car before hearing these two words: Be careful. ,,Predicting the future is hard.’’ Niels Bohr. In technology and innovation it makes sense. When innovating in a responsible way it is important to… -
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Easy to blame, difficult to act
Media as a mediator to our responsibility.We in the Netherlands are surrounded by media influences all day. We can look at nu.nl, buy newspapers or even receive them in our mailbox every morning. If we turn on the television there is a nearly constant stream of news differentiating from Al Jazeera to BBC world news, and NPO nieuws to RTL Z. Everything is available at all times, and everything is open for discussion due to social media…