Research

Explore our collection of articles on the leading megatrends in technology, politics, and society.

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Don Ihde and generational responses to digital technology

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Chinese philosopher Yuk Hui: "Technology has multiple futures"

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Reflecting on responsibility in AI with Daniel Dennett

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The codification of public policy

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Fleeing from the public squares of the internet

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The carbon capture era

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Is EdTech addressing the demands of 21st century education?

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The higher purpose of motor sports

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Whistleblower platforms in the wake of Wikileaks’ demise

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The emergence of the decentralized stack

Is the future open-source?

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Is TikTok a vector for Chinese ideals?

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To measure someone is to know someone

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The social promise of augmented reality

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Sustainable minerals for sustainable technology

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Illegal streaming holds the media industry in check

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The Africa Stack

The African continent might be leapfrogging into the digital economy

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Can algorithms be neutral?

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Where architecture and IT meet

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21st century Luddites target self-driving cars

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Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network

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The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life

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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future

Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?

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Sports wearables: When the amateur goes pro

The widespread use of performance-tracking technologies has changed the practice of sports

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Netflix’s Bandersnatch: the beginning of embedded content interfaces

Netflix's interactive film 'Bandersnatch' could set the trend for embedded content interfaces in films and shows.

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Farming in the Anthropocene by improving photosynthesis

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Managing your digital identity

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Volatility in the Tech Stack

A closer look at the fundamental trajectories and interdependent nature of new technologies

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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle

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Open-source software is eating the world

Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.

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The protein folding revolution

Three degrees of radical innovation

When fake becomes the new normal

Are tech companies the next SIFI’s?

The decline of face value

Is a new technological revolution in the making?

Digitizing food

Rethinking our human design

The view from above

Speculation as a way to design the future