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Libra’s next hurdle: financial regulators and governments
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The rising costs of carbon emissions
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One picture ≠ a thousand words
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Will the U.S. see a tidal wave of environmental regulations after 2020?
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Why is Maduro still in power in Venezuela?
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The value of apocalyptic climate scenarios
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Gen AI
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Who are the African youth?
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Breaking down data & AI silos
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The elastic generation
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The end of the pay-per-download era
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East Asia becomes the center of geopolitical competition
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Modern monetary policy
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Hegel and the unfolding idea of freedom in the 21st century
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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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Alternatives at the return of history
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Fleeing from the public squares of the internet
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Rocky road ahead for Europe despite disappointment by populists
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The carbon capture era
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Future leaders get a taste of new economics
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A democratic boost for Asia’s next growth engines
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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 critical shaping moment of Lava Jato
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The emergence of the decentralized stack
Is the future open-source?
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The artisan versus the engineer: masters of the universe
What kind of skills should we (not) cultivate for generative AI?
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We are the products of technological mediation
What the metaphor of the 'medium' can teach us about AI
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When images matter more than reality
A reflection on Vilém Flusser's philosophy of photography in the age of social media
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The day the artificial became intelligent (is yet to come)
When we started to call intelligence a machine and the machine intelligent
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Knit’s Island and the future of the metaverse
An immersive and fascinating documentary about life in a virtual world
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The robots among us
About today’s master-slave dynamics with humanoids and chatbots
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The age of the machine: emancipation or alienation of the human?
Understanding the role of machines in society
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Short-sighted AI regulations miss the big picture
How can we ensure that AI is not only safe but also resonates with our broader norms and values?
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Philosophical prompt engineering in an AI-driven world
Why philosophical questioning and the art of posing the right questions becomes more important because of generative AI
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The enduring tool metaphor in AI discourse
About technology as a mere instrument to achieve human goals
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