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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer
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The CRISPR’d era
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Solar power nears terminal velocity
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Emerging markets have their moment to shine
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Early celebrations in Turkey
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Personalized competence-based learning
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Europe's innovation horizon
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Bullshit jobs in the digital age
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Mexico charts a new course
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A new generation of American social democrats
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Technology on a leash
By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem
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Venetian, young and farming: three lessons from the new generation of Italian farmers on agri-food sustainability
Julia Rijssenbeek and Maya Turolla turn the spotlight on young farmers championing the transition to sustainable food systems.
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Politics should focus more on the Good Life
How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?
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The rise of CBDCs
Pim Korsten gives a rundown on the opportunities and risks of the rise of central bank digital currencies.
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What is Russia's view on climate change?
Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.
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The energy transition is not a hobby
With the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, we have to face the fact that our dependence on fossil fuels poses a structural problem.
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Autocracy and the End of History
Is the ideological confrontation between the liberal-democratic and autocratic world order on its way to becoming the global political issue of our century?
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Russian digitalization through a Cosmist lens
To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.
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An introduction to the Stack
Learn more about our framework that helps us understand the anatomy of digital systems.
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Russia’s strategic exploitation of the Arctic
A long-standing resource-dependent economy, a melting Arctic, and technical capabilities have thrown the Arctic into the spotlight for Russia’s upcoming economic strategy.
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