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Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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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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Demographics and hegemony

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The value of apocalyptic climate scenarios

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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?

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...

Vibegeist: rave until the grave

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

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.

To cyberspace and beyond

How the cyborg movies of the ‘90s made us fantasize about mind uploading, sentient AI and immortality.

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 early days of cyberpunk

As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.

The return of industrial policy

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