I have just read your old introduction post. I can't reply there anymore, so I will just post it here ;-)
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'I'm particularly interested in characterizing and influencing user behavior in socio-technical systems'
I bet that you have heard about The Venus Project and work of J. Fresco? :-)
Btw, big wooooow for running ultra marathons. I'm preparing to run Spartan Race Super next week, for the first time but it is mere 15-18 km, so I am not even half marathon runner :-) "
I hadn't heard of The Venus Project. Sounds interesting!
The ultra was way beyond my abilities, and I barely finished it. But at least I finished it. :) I've been thinking I should write about it on here at some point. Good luck with the Spartan! That's one of those obstacle course races, right? I've always wanted to do one of those.
If you haven't heard about it then the best introduction would be reading the book "The Best That Money Can't Buy" (The Venus Project sells it on their website). Otherwise you can scratch a bit of the surface of the project by watching their recent documentary on YT "The Choice is Ours". Their documentaries are always free to watch. They don't sell them.
You should write about it. I can't imagine someone running a marathon. It must take years to get to that form and mental perseverance. Forget about ultra marathons :-)
I hardly run 15 km atm :-)
Yes Spartan Race is an obstacle course. Mud run like :-)
You'd be surprised! I only actively trained for the ultra for about 6 months. Yeah, I'll definitely write about it. :)