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American soft power is under pressure
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My plant the therapist
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After work thoughts
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The automobile is on its way out
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The resistance to the hegemony of the App Store
As emerging tech companies become more influential their relationships with big tech are increasingly strained
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QAnon and knowledge
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Today’s class of uncontrollable technology
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Cell factories
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Food nationalism
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Our post-corona relationship to nature
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Wicked dilemmas and political decision-making
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Global value chains are experiencing a formative moment
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Inequality kills
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Could Europe fix the internet?
Europe aims to restore competitiveness and sovereignty in the digital realm through policies on data-sharing, AI, and open internet.
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In the back end of our cities
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Scenario thinking: embracing uncertainty
Will we soon let go of traditional forecasting in favor of multi-dimensional scenario thinking?
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The Dutch way of going circular
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Europe’s geopolitical strategy is a green strategy
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The (un)changing doctor-patient relationship
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Game engines are revolutionizing filmmaking
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Geopolitics of food
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Retroscope 2019: Technological cycle
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Retroscope 2019: Socio-cultural
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Retroscope 2019: Hegemonic cycle
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Retroscope 2019: Disruption in the making
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When we really become hybrid beings
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Interactive elements in movies and series
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Pan-Africanism today
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Gut feeling and the future of nutrigenomics
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Horror in times of uncertainty
Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?
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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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Another piece on Barbenheimer
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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