Author: Alonzo Texeira
Alonzo Texeira
Alonzo Texeira is an Editor at persuasive2014.org and a technology major at a California university with a sharp eye for where AI and human behavior intersect. A part-time writer with a full-time curiosity, Alonzo covers the ideas and innovations shaping the future of interactive technology
This is one of those warnings that researchers don’t give lightly. In a recent paper, a group of scientists from…
When someone believes their phone has been hacked, they experience a specific type of helplessness. Even though the damage may…
Standing in your kitchen at seven in the morning with a mug of cold coffee in hand and watching your…
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When you bid someone farewell, there’s typically a brief, nearly imperceptible moment when both parties agree that the conversation is…
The decision to hold a conference on persuasive technology in Hakodate seems somewhat appropriate. Due to its location at the…
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