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What Does Breakpoint Mean? | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes that the world is becoming more and more networked; it's becoming global. By observing networks in nature, we can build stronger, better networks that will benefit the world.

Shrinking Brain Size, Greater Intelligence | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel explains that for the past 20,000 years, our brains have actually been shrinking, yet our intelligence has increase, noting that our neural networks are becoming more efficient. The idiom "bigger is not always better" is a crucial truth for networks.

Surviving Your Company's Breakpoint | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel defines the target market of a business as their network. Businesses reach their breakpoints when they've saturated their target market (network), and then try to expand further; instead, they should work smarter within smaller networks.

Understanding Your Network Relative to Market Size | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes that it's not the size of the business compared to other businesses that matter, but rather the size of the business compared to its market.

Letting Your Customers Drive Your Online Presence | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel explains that the internet has changed how customers relate to businesses. However, businesses must understand how their customers are using the internet so they can tailor their marketing efforts to be as visible as possible to their market without wasting resources.

Privacy in the Age of Big Data | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel discusses big data, stating that we should embrace it. While there is the chance for the immense amount of personal information to be abused, it also has the potential to greatly increase our overall wellbeing.

How Your Small Business Can Benefit from Big Data | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes that small businesses have more access to big data than large businesses do, since big data is actually comprised of myriad amounts of small data. Small businesses have more touch points with their customers, meaning they're more in tune with their market and how it's evolving.

Is the Internet Hurting Our Brains? | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes that every new technology has been vilified as damaging to our brains, all the way back to the printed word. In fact, each new technology causes our brains to adapt. The internet's vast resources may allow us to focus on what it mean to be human, since virtually all the knowledge of humanity is stored on and can be accessed via the internet.

The Internet is Becoming Emotional | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes our brains primarily are used for predicting events: We make decisions based on what we believe the outcome will be. The internet initially started our as purely analytical, but it's evolving to become more emotional, which means it will eventually gain the ability to make accurate decisions.

When Will the Internet Become Intelligent? | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel notes that there is no such thing as "artificial intelligence," only artificial brains. The intelligence within artificial brains is wholly real, and we may be only a few dozen years away from an internet with human-level intelligence.

BrainGate's Brain Computer Interface | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel discusses how the ability to interact with electrical devices through a chip implanted in the cortex of the brain is already a reality.

Merging Our Brains with Technology | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel discusses how our brains are merging with technology. Google Glass may the start, but eventually we'll have the ability to feed information directly from the internet into our brains.

Are You Ready for Your Brain Chip? | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel predicts that integration of the internet into the physical brains will happen within our lifetimes.

The Mass Adoption of Crowdfunding | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel discusses the implications of crowdfunding. Since it harnesses the power of networks, he predicts it will hit a breakpoint before it stabilizes and becomes a normal form of lending.

A New Life for Yahoo? | Breakpoint | Jeff Stibel

For more information and to order the book, visit http://dandb.com/Breakpoint/ Jeff Stibel explains the evolution of the internet, and how it may be coming around full circle. It's becoming harder and harder to filter through the noise to reach the information needed, and Stibel predicts that search engines - and specifically Yahoo - will return to their original forms, guiding users through the clutter to the results they desire.

Neurons and Networks

(Visit: http://www.uctv.tv/) Are social networks like the human brain? Jeff Stibel, Chairman and CEO of Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp, looks at the relationship between the development of the human brain and that of social networks. He argues that virtually all networks roughly follow the development pattern of the human brain and that if networks like Facebook grow too large they will self-destruct. Series: "Technology Management Program" [10/2012] [Business] [Show ID: 24128]