Over the last two decades, there have been significant technological advancements that have impacted how we perform various functions, including travel, shopping, education, and health. A significant health concern is addiction, a brain disease that can affect anyone. The most severe form of substance use disorder (SUD), addiction manifests as a compulsion for a substance…
Bubbles and Crashes: When the Invisible Hand Dishes Out an Invisible Punch in the Nose
You have no doubt noticed that the global economy has taken a beating in recent months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Not just a regular beating either. The COVID-19 recession is the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression of the 1930s. We are living through history whether we like it or not. All crises…
If You Want to Be Brainy Start With Humility
Dear Younger Me, You feel two things: important because you are a PhD student and scared of the PhD journey ahead. In fact, the more important you feel because you are pursuing a PhD degree and nobody else in your circle of life is doing the same, the more scared you become. Vice versa, the…
The roles of the supervisor: coach and referee
What is the the roles of the supervisor? I have supervised many successful Msc theses projects, and had some failures. Now, I am Msc Thesis coordinator at Tilburg University, for the Information Management program. In this article, I would like to elaborate on the role of the supervisor. Suppose you are a supervisor yourself. You…