Heuristics vs Traps
Mila Agius, Dr Sam Illingworth, The Strategic Linguist, Daryna KarunaClear thinking for a noisy world: heuristics that protect attention, money & agency – and expose traps that outsource your judgment. Behavioural psychology → tiny tools you can use today. Spot when a “helpful” system stops helping and starts deciding.
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I track the early signals shaping the future of money, business, reputation, and media – before they harden into normal life. Behavioural analysis, fintech, trust, systems. No hype. Just clarity. A fixed analytical voice, not a personal identity.
Professor & poet in Edinburgh. Creator of the Slow AI Curriculum for Critical AI Literacy. Author of GenAI in Higher Education (Bloomsbury, 2026).
Decoding the grammar of power. Applying business strategy with pragmatics & sociolinguistics to expose how authority is constructed across corporate & AI ecosystems. Views my own, not my employer’s.
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