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What is Experience?

The world is changing — because of technology, because of the climate, because of innovations and new ideas about work, play, and human relationships. Experience is here to document those changes and explore how experience is the key to navigating this new world.
Our stories explore how experience drives people to discovery and insight; how industries and cultures are adapting and evolving; how we can assess our own experiences and use them to power learning and growth. Experience is published by Northeastern University.

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About Northeastern

For more than a century, Northeastern University has placed experience at the heart of its mission, in teaching, research, and global engagement. That’s because experience is the push that gives learning and discovery connection, insight, and impact. Experience is how people learn over their lifetimes, staying nimble and relevant. Experience is education. Learn more about Northeastern.

Staff

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Joanna Weiss @JoannaWeiss

DESIGN DIRECTOR
Michael Workman @MichaelWorkman

SENIOR EDITOR
Schuyler Velasco @Schuyler_V

EDITOR, PARTNERSHIPS AND ENGAGEMENT
Ceci Menchetti @CeciMenchetti

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Technology Meets Humanity

Your brain vs. artificial intelligence

To understand how AI works, you have to understand human cognition, and recognize the processes we take for granted.

November 2019: Technology Meets Humanity

On Netflix and Spotify, algorithms hold the power. But there’s a way to get it back.

By Glenn McDonald

The diabetes patients who hacked a pancreas

By Paul Heltzel

A suicide hotline powered by big data

By Glenn McDonald

A smartphone and a shopping cart: How I managed disaster through retail

By Alexandra Samuel

Online grocery shopping is missing one thing — a dash of delight

By Schuyler Velasco

Jealous of your Facebook friends? You’re not alone.

By Alexandra Samuel

‘Cuddlebots.’ Space-age masks. How future technology will help us sleep.

By Glenn McDonald

My (many) conversations with a talk therapy app

By Ceci Menchetti

Brush up on your tech vocabulary
Ideas

What would you do? Take an immigrant’s journey.

Here are eight immigrant stories, told through composite characters but based on real laws and historically documented scenarios. Follow their paths, and see how you would respond to the choices they faced.