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The sleeping Asian Tiger
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Will local-multiplayer survive in the video game industry?
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Human’s intangible stock of capital
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Many silk connections
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Exporting surveillance
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From body positivity to body neutrality
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European parties in search for voters
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Rise of online education in the corporate education sector
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The selfish ledger
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The shaky rise of digital gambling
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A future-proof Dutch agrofood sector
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Disappearing rhythms
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Will we consider abandoning hyper productivity in favor of sustainability and equality?
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Dutch future welfare
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Who owns the data of the city?
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Is Italy crossing the Rubicon?
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The third urbanization wave
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Barter 2.0
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Can E-learning bridge Africa’s education gap?
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Can Cuba be libre?
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The medium is (liable for) the message
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Eastern European implosion
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The walls of the home are breaking down
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Evolving nature
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Sexual solipsism
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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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Degrowth will make us happier
Understanding wellbeing beyond economic growth
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How collective behavior change can foster a sustainable future
A dive into the heart of the degrowth movement
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Apple’s enduring quest for the disappearing computer
The next step into the era of spatial computing
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What would it take for us to believe in aliens?
Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes
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The Indian Stack goes global
Is a decentralized, open-source Indian-European Stack emerging?
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On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer
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Will generative AI bring the productivity increases we need?
Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity
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The hottest farmers' debate
On the power of Big Food over farmers
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Breaking the bottleneck
Can state-led initiatives relying on market mechanisms help us achieve our decarbonization goals?
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