Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Reciprocation’ from a book titled ‘Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion’ by Robert Cialdini, Ph.D. This excerpt pointed to “Web of Indebtedness” – a unique adaptive mechanism of human beings and its role in our evolutionary history as a society.   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Shortcuts and Decision Making’ from a book titled ‘Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion’ by Robert Cialdini, Ph.D. The excerpt pointed to the need and pitfalls of shortcut methods that we use in our decision-making process. Now, SAM-VAD (Together In   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Understanding Ourselves and Solving today’s Problem’ from an article titled ‘An Ancient Brain in a Modern World’ contributing writers are Robert Ornstein, PhD; David Sobel, MD, MPH; and Sally Mallam. Through this and many interconnected articles the authors are trying to   →

Namaste, Welcome to SAM-VAD (Together In Conversation). Last week I shared an excerpt titled – ‘Social media and its Impact’ from the book titled ‘LikeWar – The Weaponization of Social Media’ by Peter Singer and Emerson Brooking. In this book the authors explore amongst many other things the collision of war, politics, and social media,   →