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Is a new technological revolution in the making?

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Digitizing food

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Rethinking our human design

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The view from above

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Speculation as a way to design the future

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Your diploma is OK, what are your skills?

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The bright side of cybercrime

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New materialism

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Europe’s resurging South

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We are running out of sand

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Asia’s next growth engines

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Data has a will of its own

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The future of human competences

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Unlocking the mind

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Breathing is the new smoking

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Our technological relation to nature

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The downside of radical tokenization

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Speculating through CES

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How autonomous vehicles will change our lives

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Who will be the 21st-century Henry Ford?

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The delivery economy

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China’s new green normal

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Where does content generation stop and technology begin?

How the verticalization of entertainment platforms is shaping the media landscape

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Shifts in the global food system

The planet as an emerging category

On living with – not on – the planet.

A new dawn for nationalist parties?

For many, the brutal geopolitical awakening caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China threatening to invade Taiwan means freedom is back on the political agenda...

Who has to pay the costs of climate change?

Issuing appeals for hundreds of millions in emergency funding to help victims of climate change might soon be a standard procedure.

"Creative" AI is recreating the creative industry

In the past few months, creative AI systems such as DALL-E and Midjourney have taken the internet by storm with their “artistic” creations.

How will the metaverse and web3 influence social media?

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

Geopolitical nonalignment in the 21st century

Escalating tensions in Taiwan and Ukraine are pressuring the world to choose an alignment, yet many nations refuse to choose sides.

The fragmentation of social media

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

The return of industrial policy

The Dutch government is rethinking industrial policy—more coordination is on the horizon.

AI regulations may see a Beijing effect

Is Europe too late to cause a Brussels effect on AI technology?

Globalization can still be a force for good

A general narrative is emerging that international trade and cooperation are on the decline. Is it accurate?