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The Synthetic Life of Drone Warfare", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/09/20/chimeras-fly-again-the-synthetic-life-of-drone-warfare/", "published_at": "2026-09-21T01:46:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627e-7256-9fd7-224126214bb0", "title": "Ask Not “Who,” but “What” Is Vandenberg: Space Starts at the Horizon", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/09/04/ask-not-who-but-what-is-vandenberg-americas-launchpad-for-a-new-space-age/", "published_at": "2026-09-04T17:55:25+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa035f172124", "title": "The Military as a “Civilization”: How to Make a Team from Anything", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/29/the-military-as-a-civilization-how-to-make-a-team-from-anything/", "published_at": "2026-08-29T21:56:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa035f3d503f", "title": "The Mind – Body Problem Does Not Exist: What I Learned from the SEALs", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/29/the-mind-body-problem-does-not-exist-what-i-learned-from-the-seals/", "published_at": "2026-08-29T21:37:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa035f49a950", "title": "Separating the Lanes: What Does the Coast Guard Do?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/29/separating-the-lanes-what-does-the-coast-guard-do/", "published_at": "2026-08-29T21:16:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa035f9baf05", "title": "Live in the Desert, Fight in the Air: What I Learned from a Nevada Cincinnatus", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/23/live-in-the-desert-fight-in-the-air-what-i-learned-from-a-nevada-cincinnatus/", "published_at": "2026-08-23T16:56:22+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa035ff233a9", "title": "When All Fails, Hit the Bone: What I Learned from the Military Doctors", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/23/when-all-fails-hit-the-bone-what-i-learned-from-the-military-doctors/", "published_at": "2026-08-23T16:39:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0360a837d7", "title": "Found in the Fog of Combat: Confusion is in the eye of the beholder", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/20/found-in-the-fog-of-combat-confusion-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/", "published_at": "2026-08-20T19:07:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0361108196", "title": "Do Look Down! What I learned from the Marines", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/08/19/do-look-down-what-i-learned-from-the-marines/", "published_at": "2026-08-20T02:11:07+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0361ca1c46", "title": "Purdue Virtual D-Day in Washington, DC: Omaha Beach Reborn", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/06/28/virtual-d-day-launch-washington-dc-forces-omaha-beach-history-education/", "published_at": "2026-06-28T20:40:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03620d62dd", "title": "From Paper Maps to Military Geospatial Data Science", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/06/28/military-geospatial-data-science-forces-thor-opmaps-barbarossa-south-china-sea-maps/", "published_at": "2026-06-28T20:36:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0362ce5558", "title": "Why the Space Economy Needs “Spice", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2026/04/18/why-the-space-economy-needs-spice/", "published_at": "2026-04-18T19:01:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036377284b", "title": "An academic ChatGPT needs a better schooling", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2024/06/20/an-academic-chatgpt-needs-a-better-schooling/", "published_at": "2024-06-20T19:55:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03644d15bd", "title": "Quantum computers are kaleidoscopes: unusual metaphors explain the unusual better", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2024/06/20/quantum-computers-are-kaleidoscopes-unusual-metaphors-explain-the-unusual-better/", "published_at": "2024-06-20T19:29:08+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03650065c9", "title": "Transforming Warfighting: The Case for AI and Software-Centric Strategies", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2024/05/27/doing-more-with-less-a-data-model-driven-methodology-for-efficient-war-fighting-platforms-design/", "published_at": "2024-05-27T06:51:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0365f685d0", "title": "What is a strategic technology?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2024/02/19/what-is-a-strategic-technology/", "published_at": "2024-02-19T21:00:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03664b8d23", "title": "What should a strategist know? A competency-based education program for strategic thinkers and doers", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2023/05/11/what-should-a-strategist-know-a-competency-based-education-program-for-strategic-thinkers-and-doers/", "published_at": "2023-05-11T16:17:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa0367316a6a", "title": "How out-of-control transaction costs spawn preferential attachment", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/12/01/can-transaction-costs-explain-network-centralization-via-preferential-attachment/", "published_at": "2022-12-01T22:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03676e8fac", "title": "Russia’s practical nuclear options make no sense (and vice-versa)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/11/08/russias-practical-nuclear-options-make-no-sense-and-vice-versa/", "published_at": "2022-11-08T16:53:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036833f7da", "title": "Disinformation is a “Big Lie” that contradicts Common Sense Asking For Faith Alone", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/09/22/disinformation-is-the-big-lie-that-contradicts-everything-you-know-and-asks-you-to-go-by-faith-alone/", "published_at": "2022-09-22T21:33:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03687feef5", "title": "Can international trade instigate the next great conflict?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/09/06/can-international-trade-instigate-the-next-great-conflict/", "published_at": "2022-09-06T18:20:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03688fa84d", "title": "Media Framing, priming, and steering public attention", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/08/01/media-framing-priming-and-steering-public-attention/", "published_at": "2022-08-01T19:55:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03691e3e15", "title": "China’s South China Sea Strategy is All about Taiwan: A Spatial Strategic Analysis", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/02/06/chinas-south-china-sea-strategy-is-all-about-taiwan-a-spatial-strategic-analysis/", "published_at": "2022-02-07T00:33:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03692314a3", "title": "The First and (Only) Law of Robotic Warfare", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2022/02/06/the-first-and-only-law-of-robotic-warfare/", "published_at": "2022-02-06T23:58:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa03697215e8", "title": "EUNOMIA: TRUST BEFORE YOU LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGES", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2020/03/25/a-social-media-you-trust-before-you-like/", "published_at": "2020-03-25T21:17:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036993f098", "title": "Strong and Efficacious Use of Affordance Theory in Communication Inquiry", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2020/01/19/what-is-affordance-theory-and-how-can-it-be-used-in-communication-research/", "published_at": "2020-01-19T19:23:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036a55e821", "title": "Preventing military Artificial Intelligence (AIs) agents from taking over from humans is simple: treat them as humans by teaching them the golden rule", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2019/10/20/preventing-military-artificial-intelligence-ais-agents-from-taking-over-from-humans-is-simple-treat-them-as-humans-by-teaching-them-the-golden-rule/", "published_at": "2019-10-20T20:36:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036b1fdd9c", "title": "Should we regulate Facebook? Ask the moms.", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2019/05/21/should-we-regulate-facebook-ask-the-moms/", "published_at": "2019-05-21T12:54:01+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036b5c35b2", "title": "DC Conference on Social Media and Regulation", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2019/05/20/dc-conference-on-social-media-and-regulation/", "published_at": "2019-05-21T02:51:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036bab2048", "title": "How much should I know?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2019/01/18/how-much-should-i-know/", "published_at": "2019-01-18T17:31:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036c0627d1", "title": "Social Media Analysis Online Class for Liberal Arts Majors", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2018/11/15/social-media-analysis-online-class-for-liberal-arts-majors/", "published_at": "2018-11-16T01:28:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036c0ffa02", "title": "Latent Crusaders: Narrative Strategies of Survival in Early Modern Danubian Principalities, 1550-1750", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2018/04/16/latent-crusaders-narrative-strategies-of-survival-in-early-modern-danubian-principalities-1550-1750/", "published_at": "2018-04-16T14:51:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036cca8111", "title": "Why electricity, magnetism (and radio waves) are the same thing and how should this help us understand the fundamental tradeoffs of modern telecommunication technologies", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2018/01/31/why-electricity-magnetism-and-radio-waves-are-the-same-thing-and-how-should-this-help-us-understand-the-fundamental-tradeoffs-of-modern-telecommunication-technologies/", "published_at": "2018-02-01T02:03:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036daa0091", "title": "Communication Technologies & Trade-offs: A particular case of marginal utility", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2018/01/22/communication-technologies-trade-off-a-particular-case-of-marginal-utility-analysis/", "published_at": "2018-01-23T02:04:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036e5cc458", "title": "The generative dilemma of the Internet", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2017/09/27/the-generative-dilemma-of-the-internet-is-there-a-dark-side-to-the-end-to-end-principle-does-net-neutrality-help-spammers-and-hackers/", "published_at": "2017-09-28T02:26:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087a1-627f-7393-ab05-aa036eb39556", "title": "What is the Internet edge-to-edge (end-to-end or e2e) design principle? What is it good for and what are its main trade-offs?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2017/09/25/what-is-the-internet-edge-to-edge-end-to-end-or-e2e-design-principle-what-is-it-good-for-and-what-are-its-main-trade-offs/", "published_at": "2017-09-25T19:22:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78abcb074", "title": "What is the Internet? What does the Internet do? Why is it an “inter-net” and not just a simple “net? An introduction and tutorial", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2017/09/20/what-is-the-internet-what-does-the-internet-do-why-is-it-an-inter-net-and-not-just-a-simple-net-an-introduction-and-tutorial/", "published_at": "2017-09-21T01:09:43+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78b9c7543", "title": "The Social Media Analysis of French Presidential Elections: Telescope or Microscope?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2017/04/24/the-social-media-analysis-of-french-presidential-elections-telescope-or-microscope/", "published_at": "2017-04-24T14:26:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78c6cde94", "title": "Does Social Media Data Suggest that Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon Will Compete in the Second Tour of the French Presidential Elections?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2017/04/22/does-social-media-data-suggest-that-marine-le-pen-and-jean-luc-melenchon-will-compete-in-the-second-tour-of-the-french-presidential-elections/", "published_at": "2017-04-23T03:35:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78d57fa5d", "title": "Sorin Adam Matei leads Purdue – Google partnership for enhancing teaching and research in “data storytelling”", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/12/01/sorin-adam-matei-leads-purdue-google-partnership-for-enhancing-teaching-and-research-in-data-storytelling/", "published_at": "2016-12-01T18:38:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78dfac308", "title": "Purdue Digital Storytelling Network Launched, partners with Google News Lab University", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/12/01/purdue-digital-storytelling-network-launched-partners-with-google-news-lab-university/", "published_at": "2016-12-01T18:38:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78e576014", "title": "Did social media elect Donald Trump?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/11/14/did-social-media-elect-donald-trump/", "published_at": "2016-11-14T15:27:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78f3a6119", "title": "The Trump vs. Clinton race goes on: 2016 presidential race not yet settled after first debate", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/09/28/the-trump-vs-clinton-race-goes-on-2016-presidential-race-not-yet-settled-after-first-debate/", "published_at": "2016-09-29T03:36:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78f513b39", "title": "I, you, we: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton word fight on Facebook emphasize the importance of assuming personal responsibility", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/08/12/i-you-we-donald-trump-and-hillary-clinton-word-fight-on-facebook-emphasize-the-importance-of-assuming-personal-responsibility/", "published_at": "2016-08-12T20:30:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78f70b30d", "title": "Jump in Google searches for “Donald Trump” mirrors closing gap between candidates", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/07/23/jump-in-google-searches-for-donald-trump-mirrors-closing-gap-between-candidates/", "published_at": "2016-07-23T15:27:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c78f9c598b", "title": "Hillary Clinton’s breathing down Trump’s neck only makes his sails billow in Twitterspace", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/07/23/hillary-clintons-breathing-down-trumps-neck-only-makes-his-sails-billow-in-twitterspace/", "published_at": "2016-07-23T14:43:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79096cd7b", "title": "Donald Trump’s Facebook campaign leads Hillary Clinton’s by a large margin, building on Twitter strength", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/07/17/donald-trumps-facebook-campaign-leads-hillary-clintons-by-a-factor-of-2-building-on-twitter-strength/", "published_at": "2016-07-17T19:42:28+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c791062f7b", "title": "Donald Trump Twitter campaign outperforms Hillary Clinton’s in all dimensions: output, engagement, performance", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/07/16/donald-trump-twitter-campaign-outperforms-hillary-clintons-in-all-dimensions-output-engagement-performance/", "published_at": "2016-07-16T16:50:23+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79186df5e", "title": "The message of Trump is Trump. And Hillary Clinton’s, too!", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/06/23/the-message-of-trump-is-trump-and-and-hillary-clintons-too/", "published_at": "2016-06-23T17:06:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c791fab10f", "title": "Is “the media” obsessed with Donald Trump? How much? Does it matter?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/06/23/is-the-media-obsessed-with-donald-trump-how-much-does-it-matter/", "published_at": "2016-06-23T16:51:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7927ce4d6", "title": "French Communicator Joseph Daniel and PBS host Alex Heffner to Debate American Presidential Race from a Global Perspective", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/02/17/french-communicator-joseph-daniel-and-pbs-host-alex-heffner-to-debate-american-presidential-race-from-a-global-perspective/", "published_at": "2016-02-18T03:25:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c793466645", "title": "Promoting competency based education through trade-off thinking", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/01/14/promoting-competency-based-education-through-trade-off-thinking/", "published_at": "2016-01-14T22:32:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c794148866", "title": "The importance of trade-off thinking in studying communication technologies", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/01/14/the-importance-of-trade-off-thinking-in-studying-communication-technologies/", "published_at": "2016-01-14T22:30:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c795054d94", "title": "Trade off as a way of thinking: An interdisciplinary undergraduate course and learning experience in technology / STEM education at Purdue Polytechnic", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2016/01/13/trade-off-as-a-way-of-thinking-an-interdisciplinary-undergraduate-course-and-learning-experience-in-technology-stem-education-at-purdue-polytechnic/", "published_at": "2016-01-13T17:30:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c795aca55f", "title": "Bataclan Concert Hall attacked in Paris France, many victims dead", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/11/13/bataclan-concert-hall-attacked-in-paris-france-over-16-victims-dead/", "published_at": "2015-11-13T22:13:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7960f595b", "title": "Shooting, explosion next to Carillon bar, restaurant in Paris kills scores of individuals", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/11/13/shooting-explosion-next-to-carillon-bar-restaurant-in-paris-reported-18-victims-many-hostages/", "published_at": "2015-11-13T22:09:04+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7964a825d", "title": "Terrorist shootout and attack in Paris, France killings result in at least 18 victims. Location, video, photo, map, kmz", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/11/13/terrorist-shootout-and-attack-in-paris-france-killings-result-in-at-least-18-victims-location-video-photo-map-kmz/", "published_at": "2015-11-13T21:57:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7965f821a", "title": "What is a theory of mass communication?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/08/20/what-is-a-theory-of-mass-communication/", "published_at": "2015-08-20T23:52:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7968185c7", "title": "Com 559 Syllabus – Current Trends in Mass Communication Research – From Mass Media to Social Media", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/08/20/mass-to-social-media/", "published_at": "2015-08-20T11:48:57+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7970cfdb1", "title": "Seven Layers of Social Media Analytics", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/07/06/seven-layers-of-social-media-analytics/", "published_at": "2015-07-06T14:45:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c797380187", "title": "Information as a core concept for explaining order and evolution", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/07/05/information-as-a-core-concept-for-explaining-order-and-evolution/", "published_at": "2015-07-05T21:32:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c7979dfb93", "title": "Sociometers: a new way to quantify social interactions", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/07/03/sociometers-a-new-way-to-quantify-social-interactions/", "published_at": "2015-07-03T19:54:30+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c797b684c7", "title": "Less is not more: Larger open source projects do better if well organized", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/07/03/less-is-not-more-larger-open-source-projects-do-better/", "published_at": "2015-07-03T15:33:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79816c64c", "title": "Toward deciphering the social media genome: big data and computational social science may explain social embriology", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/06/13/toward-deciphering-the-social-media-genome-big-data-and-computational-social-science-to-untangle-de-mystery-of-social-embriology/", "published_at": "2015-06-13T16:49:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c799058703", "title": "Designing Statistical Privacy in Big Data", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/03/16/designing-statistical-privacy-in-big-data/", "published_at": "2015-03-16T15:10:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c799a197d9", "title": "Evening countdown to pi day 2015", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/03/14/evening-countdown-to-pi-day-2015/", "published_at": "2015-03-14T15:47:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c799b2756e", "title": "Fridge caught sending spam emails in botnet attack – CNET", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/03/09/fridge-caught-sending-spam-emails-in-botnet-attack-cnet/", "published_at": "2015-03-09T19:45:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c799faa68e", "title": "The value of theoretical knowledge or the usefulness of useless knowledge", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/02/18/the-value-of-theoretical-knowledge-or-the-usefulness-of-useless-knowledge/", "published_at": "2015-02-19T00:04:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79a0ea668", "title": "A pean to the disrupted – The end of coherent thought is neigh", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/01/16/a-pean-to-the-disrupted-the-end-of-coherent-thought-is-neigh/", "published_at": "2015-01-16T22:40:02+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79a536f3e", "title": "French Police Kill Brothers Kouachi, Charlie Hebdo Attackers, Ending Hostage Situation", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/01/09/french-police-kill-brothers-kouachi-charlie-hebdo-attackers-ending-hostage-situation/", "published_at": "2015-01-09T16:56:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb53-eb9b-71df-a0b5-d4c79adadb45", "title": "Where is Dammartin en Goelle, where the Charlie Hebdo attackers, Said and Sherif Kouachi hold one hostage in a printing press (Google Street and Photo)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2015/01/09/where-is-dammartin-en-goelle-where-the-charlie-hebdo-attackers-said-and-sherif-kouachi-hold-two-hostages-in-a-printing-press-google-street-and-photo/", "published_at": "2015-01-09T13:44:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d668d1d8", "title": "Roles, trust, and reputation in social media knowledge markets (book)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/12/13/roles-trust-and-reputation-in-social-media-knowledge-markets-book/", "published_at": "2014-12-14T02:21:09+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d67af359", "title": "View The Great Pyramids of Giza in 3D through Google Maps", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/14/view-the-great-pyramids-of-giza-in-3d-through-google-maps/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T20:10:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d6d69f6c", "title": "If All Dialects Are Rule Bound, Are They All Equal?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/14/if-all-dialects-are-rule-bound-are-they-all-equal/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T18:53:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d6f27077", "title": "Reliability of Peer Review in Psychology Publications: About 10%", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/14/reliability-of-peer-review-in-psychology-publications-about-10/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T18:35:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d790981e", "title": "Technology use in America, a Pew Internet Survey (summer 2014)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/14/technology-use-in-america-a-pew-internet-survey-summer-2014/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T14:01:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d7a3fe99", "title": "Find out how Facebook ranks your friends", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/11/find-out-how-facebook-ranks-your-friends/", "published_at": "2014-09-12T02:39:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d81fc195", "title": "The Iphone livecast was a failure", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/10/the-iphone-livecast-was-a-failure/", "published_at": "2014-09-10T12:18:34+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d8931f1d", "title": "The future connected car: Smartphones as the new dashboard…. The Economist", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/05/the-future-connected-car-smartphones-as-the-new-dashboard-the-economist/", "published_at": "2014-09-05T13:44:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d90bfde0", "title": "Test for wannabe data scientists: do thieves prefer stealing American Cars in Indiana?", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/09/01/test-for-wannabe-data-scientists-do-thieves-prefer-stealing-american-cars-in-indiana/", "published_at": "2014-09-02T01:16:56+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d982dca3", "title": "Movies Manipulate Your Brain with Neuroscientific Strategies to Keep you Watching (via Wired)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/08/29/movies-manipulate-your-brain-with-neuroscientific-strategies-to-keep-you-watching-via-wired/", "published_at": "2014-08-29T13:22:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7d9ef2647", "title": "10 coolest videos on how the latest digital and hardwired objects are made", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/08/29/10-coolest-videos-on-how-the-latest-digital-and-hardwired-objects-are-made/", "published_at": "2014-08-29T13:12:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7da6ab9a2", "title": "Dorothea Lange’s Country Store on Dirt Road Photo Building Still Standing at 75 Wheelers Church Road, Cedar Grove, NC", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/08/01/dorothea-langes-country-store-on-dirt-road-photo-building-still-standing-at-75-wheelers-church-road-cedar-grove-nc/", "published_at": "2014-08-02T00:16:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7daa3b64e", "title": "Amazon.com URL shortcut when you only have the ASIN", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/08/01/amazon-com-url-shortner/", "published_at": "2014-08-01T20:44:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7db21a292", "title": "A round up of latest new media / social media research", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/05/06/a-round-up-of-latest-new-media-social-media-research/", "published_at": "2014-05-06T16:46:29+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dbc8dfa2", "title": "Why do chinese prefer numbers over letters in their URLs? Not only to avoid translation", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/05/06/why-do-chinese-prefer-numbers-over-letters-in-their-urls-to-avoid-dealing-with-translations/", "published_at": "2014-05-06T16:23:50+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dbd8d0fd", "title": "Will paper books still be read in the future? Paper still has some advantages over e-ink", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/05/06/will-paper-books-still-be-read-in-the-future-paper-still-has-some-advantages-over-e-ink/", "published_at": "2014-05-06T16:10:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dc52b6cd", "title": "Facebook’s greatest challenge: mission creep", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/04/18/facebooks-greatest-challenge-mission-creep/", "published_at": "2014-04-18T16:45:24+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dd0d352c", "title": "Social Physics: Measuring and Explaining Social Interactions as Complex Reflexive Systems", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/04/18/social-physics-measuring-and-explaining-social-interactions-as-complex-reflexive-systems/", "published_at": "2014-04-18T12:57:47+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dd431d44", "title": "The limits of big data analysis", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/04/07/the-limits-of-big-data-analysis/", "published_at": "2014-04-07T16:18:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7ddf5fa44", "title": "How to succeed at everything you do", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/04/06/how-to-succeed-at-everything-you-do/", "published_at": "2014-04-06T13:25:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7debee924", "title": "If The Media Reported The Events Of “Game Of Thrones”", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/04/03/if-the-media-reported-the-events-of-game-of-thrones/", "published_at": "2014-04-03T13:23:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7defe74bf", "title": "Structural hole definition of social capital via network closure by Ronald Burt", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/29/structural-hole-definition-of-social-capital-via-network-closure-by-ronald-burt/", "published_at": "2014-03-29T17:51:37+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7df36f337", "title": "Presumed location of Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight in Southern Indian Ocean (Map, KMZ)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/25/presumed-location-of-malaysia-airlines-mh370-flight-in-southern-indian-ocean-map-kmz/", "published_at": "2014-03-25T22:14:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7df63fa58", "title": "Cold Winter Makes Ice Cap Thicker", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/25/cold-winter-makes-ice-cap-thicker/", "published_at": "2014-03-25T13:37:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dfa4ac9e", "title": "As lost flight MH370 remains are again “found” in the South Indian ocean by Australian search and rescue authority some ask if its target was Diego Garcia", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/20/as-lost-flight-mh370-remains-are-again-found-in-the-south-indian-ocean-by-us-and-australian-navy-some-ask-if-its-target-was-diego-garcia/", "published_at": "2014-03-20T14:20:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dfa64788", "title": "Malaysia Airlines MH370 Plane Sighting in Maldives Might Support the Theory of a Fire that Disabled the Crew but Did Not Disable the Automatic Pilot", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/18/malaysia-airlines-mh370-plane-sighting-in-maldives-might-support-the-theory-of-a-fire-that-disabled-the-crew-but-did-not-disable-the-automatic-pilot/", "published_at": "2014-03-18T15:44:15+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7dffbcafd", "title": "Small debris field in Malacca Strait near island Pulau Perak purportedly associated with MH370 discussed on TomNod, Twitter, and Reddit", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/17/small-debris-field-in-malacca-strait-near-island-pulau-perak-purportedly-associated-with-mh370-discussed-on-tomnod-twitter-and-reddit/", "published_at": "2014-03-17T16:54:26+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7e04b0d8a", "title": "The origin of human skin color", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/13/the-origin-of-human-skin-color/", "published_at": "2014-03-13T14:51:36+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bb5a-38b6-729a-a347-eaf7e0b9334b", "title": "Lost flight MH370 last known locations and identified debris around the possible crash sites (maps, KMZ)", "url": "https://matei.org/ithink/2014/03/12/lost-flight-mh370-last-known-locations-and-identified-debris-around-the-possible-crash-sites-maps-kmz/", "published_at": "2014-03-12T13:06:23+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Chimeras fly again. The Synthetic Life of Drone Warfareoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2026
Ask Not “Who,” but “What” Is Vandenberg: Space Starts at the Horizonoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2026
The Military as a “Civilization”: How to Make a Team from Anythingoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
The Mind – Body Problem Does Not Exist: What I Learned from the SEALsoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2026
Separating the Lanes: What Does the Coast Guard Do?original ↗
29 Aug 2026
Live in the Desert, Fight in the Air: What I Learned from a Nevada Cincinnatusoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2026
When All Fails, Hit the Bone: What I Learned from the Military Doctorsoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2026
Found in the Fog of Combat: Confusion is in the eye of the beholderoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
Do Look Down! What I learned from the Marinesoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2026
Purdue Virtual D-Day in Washington, DC: Omaha Beach Rebornoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
From Paper Maps to Military Geospatial Data Scienceoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
Why the Space Economy Needs “Spiceoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026

2024

An academic ChatGPT needs a better schoolingoriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Quantum computers are kaleidoscopes: unusual metaphors explain the unusual betteroriginal ↗
20 Jun 2024
Transforming Warfighting: The Case for AI and Software-Centric Strategiesoriginal ↗
27 May 2024
What is a strategic technology?original ↗
19 Feb 2024

2023

What should a strategist know? A competency-based education program for strategic thinkers and doersoriginal ↗
11 May 2023

2022

How out-of-control transaction costs spawn preferential attachmentoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2022
Russia’s practical nuclear options make no sense (and vice-versa)original ↗
8 Nov 2022
Disinformation is a “Big Lie” that contradicts Common Sense Asking For Faith Aloneoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2022
Can international trade instigate the next great conflict?original ↗
6 Sept 2022
Media Framing, priming, and steering public attentionoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2022
China’s South China Sea Strategy is All about Taiwan: A Spatial Strategic Analysisoriginal ↗
7 Feb 2022
The First and (Only) Law of Robotic Warfareoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2022

2020

EUNOMIA: TRUST BEFORE YOU LIKE SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGESoriginal ↗
25 Mar 2020
Strong and Efficacious Use of Affordance Theory in Communication Inquiryoriginal ↗
19 Jan 2020

2019

Preventing military Artificial Intelligence (AIs) agents from taking over from humans is simple: treat them as humans by teaching them the golden ruleoriginal ↗
20 Oct 2019
Should we regulate Facebook? Ask the moms.original ↗
21 May 2019
DC Conference on Social Media and Regulationoriginal ↗
21 May 2019
How much should I know?original ↗
18 Jan 2019

2018

Social Media Analysis Online Class for Liberal Arts Majorsoriginal ↗
16 Nov 2018
Latent Crusaders: Narrative Strategies of Survival in Early Modern Danubian Principalities, 1550-1750original ↗
16 Apr 2018
Why electricity, magnetism (and radio waves) are the same thing and how should this help us understand the fundamental tradeoffs of modern telecommunication technologiesoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2018
Communication Technologies & Trade-offs: A particular case of marginal utilityoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2018

2017

The generative dilemma of the Internetoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2017
What is the Internet edge-to-edge (end-to-end or e2e) design principle? What is it good for and what are its main trade-offs?original ↗
25 Sept 2017
What is the Internet? What does the Internet do? Why is it an “inter-net” and not just a simple “net? An introduction and tutorialoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2017
The Social Media Analysis of French Presidential Elections: Telescope or Microscope?original ↗
24 Apr 2017
Does Social Media Data Suggest that Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon Will Compete in the Second Tour of the French Presidential Elections?original ↗
23 Apr 2017

2016

Sorin Adam Matei leads Purdue – Google partnership for enhancing teaching and research in “data storytelling”original ↗
1 Dec 2016
Purdue Digital Storytelling Network Launched, partners with Google News Lab Universityoriginal ↗
1 Dec 2016
Did social media elect Donald Trump?original ↗
14 Nov 2016
The Trump vs. Clinton race goes on: 2016 presidential race not yet settled after first debateoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2016
I, you, we: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton word fight on Facebook emphasize the importance of assuming personal responsibilityoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2016
Jump in Google searches for “Donald Trump” mirrors closing gap between candidatesoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2016
Hillary Clinton’s breathing down Trump’s neck only makes his sails billow in Twitterspaceoriginal ↗
23 Jul 2016
Donald Trump’s Facebook campaign leads Hillary Clinton’s by a large margin, building on Twitter strengthoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2016
Donald Trump Twitter campaign outperforms Hillary Clinton’s in all dimensions: output, engagement, performanceoriginal ↗
16 Jul 2016
The message of Trump is Trump. And Hillary Clinton’s, too!original ↗
23 Jun 2016
Is “the media” obsessed with Donald Trump? How much? Does it matter?original ↗
23 Jun 2016
French Communicator Joseph Daniel and PBS host Alex Heffner to Debate American Presidential Race from a Global Perspectiveoriginal ↗
18 Feb 2016
Promoting competency based education through trade-off thinkingoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2016
The importance of trade-off thinking in studying communication technologiesoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2016
Trade off as a way of thinking: An interdisciplinary undergraduate course and learning experience in technology / STEM education at Purdue Polytechnicoriginal ↗
13 Jan 2016

2015

Bataclan Concert Hall attacked in Paris France, many victims deadoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2015
Shooting, explosion next to Carillon bar, restaurant in Paris kills scores of individualsoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2015
Terrorist shootout and attack in Paris, France killings result in at least 18 victims. Location, video, photo, map, kmzoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2015
What is a theory of mass communication?original ↗
20 Aug 2015
Com 559 Syllabus – Current Trends in Mass Communication Research – From Mass Media to Social Mediaoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2015
Seven Layers of Social Media Analyticsoriginal ↗
6 Jul 2015
Information as a core concept for explaining order and evolutionoriginal ↗
5 Jul 2015
Sociometers: a new way to quantify social interactionsoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2015
Less is not more: Larger open source projects do better if well organizedoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2015
Toward deciphering the social media genome: big data and computational social science may explain social embriologyoriginal ↗
13 Jun 2015
Designing Statistical Privacy in Big Dataoriginal ↗
16 Mar 2015
Evening countdown to pi day 2015original ↗
14 Mar 2015
Fridge caught sending spam emails in botnet attack – CNEToriginal ↗
9 Mar 2015
The value of theoretical knowledge or the usefulness of useless knowledgeoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2015
A pean to the disrupted – The end of coherent thought is neighoriginal ↗
16 Jan 2015
French Police Kill Brothers Kouachi, Charlie Hebdo Attackers, Ending Hostage Situationoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2015
Where is Dammartin en Goelle, where the Charlie Hebdo attackers, Said and Sherif Kouachi hold one hostage in a printing press (Google Street and Photo)original ↗
9 Jan 2015

2014

Roles, trust, and reputation in social media knowledge markets (book)original ↗
14 Dec 2014
View The Great Pyramids of Giza in 3D through Google Mapsoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2014
If All Dialects Are Rule Bound, Are They All Equal?original ↗
14 Sept 2014
Reliability of Peer Review in Psychology Publications: About 10%original ↗
14 Sept 2014
Technology use in America, a Pew Internet Survey (summer 2014)original ↗
14 Sept 2014
Find out how Facebook ranks your friendsoriginal ↗
12 Sept 2014
The Iphone livecast was a failureoriginal ↗
10 Sept 2014
The future connected car: Smartphones as the new dashboard…. The Economistoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2014
Test for wannabe data scientists: do thieves prefer stealing American Cars in Indiana?original ↗
2 Sept 2014
Movies Manipulate Your Brain with Neuroscientific Strategies to Keep you Watching (via Wired)original ↗
29 Aug 2014
10 coolest videos on how the latest digital and hardwired objects are madeoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2014
Dorothea Lange’s Country Store on Dirt Road Photo Building Still Standing at 75 Wheelers Church Road, Cedar Grove, NCoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2014
Amazon.com URL shortcut when you only have the ASINoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2014
A round up of latest new media / social media researchoriginal ↗
6 May 2014
Why do chinese prefer numbers over letters in their URLs? Not only to avoid translationoriginal ↗
6 May 2014
Will paper books still be read in the future? Paper still has some advantages over e-inkoriginal ↗
6 May 2014
Facebook’s greatest challenge: mission creeporiginal ↗
18 Apr 2014
Social Physics: Measuring and Explaining Social Interactions as Complex Reflexive Systemsoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2014
The limits of big data analysisoriginal ↗
7 Apr 2014
How to succeed at everything you dooriginal ↗
6 Apr 2014
If The Media Reported The Events Of “Game Of Thrones”original ↗
3 Apr 2014
Structural hole definition of social capital via network closure by Ronald Burtoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2014
Presumed location of Malaysia Airlines MH370 Flight in Southern Indian Ocean (Map, KMZ)original ↗
25 Mar 2014
Cold Winter Makes Ice Cap Thickeroriginal ↗
25 Mar 2014
As lost flight MH370 remains are again “found” in the South Indian ocean by Australian search and rescue authority some ask if its target was Diego Garciaoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2014
Malaysia Airlines MH370 Plane Sighting in Maldives Might Support the Theory of a Fire that Disabled the Crew but Did Not Disable the Automatic Pilotoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2014
Small debris field in Malacca Strait near island Pulau Perak purportedly associated with MH370 discussed on TomNod, Twitter, and Redditoriginal ↗
17 Mar 2014
The origin of human skin colororiginal ↗
13 Mar 2014
Lost flight MH370 last known locations and identified debris around the possible crash sites (maps, KMZ)original ↗
12 Mar 2014
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