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Managing your digital identity
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Volatility in the Tech Stack
A closer look at the fundamental trajectories and interdependent nature of new technologies
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Signs of a next green revolution
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Retroscope 2018: Technological cycle
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Retroscope 2018: Hegemonic cycle
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Retroscope 2018: Socio-cultural
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Retroscope 2018: Disruption in the making
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Peak social
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Open-source software is eating the world
Open-source software is crucial in our daily lives, and recent acquisitions of GitHub and Red Hat highlight its importance.
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The protein folding revolution
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Accounting for natural capital
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Open data empowerment
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Our polygenic scores tell us who we are
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City region foodscapes
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Fighting terrorism has been a recurring issue in the history of Europe
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Our diverging responses to climate change
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From bits to atoms
Will platforms like Uber and Airbnb continue to succeed without physical assets?
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Divided Brazil will be urged to look inwards
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A return to utopian thinking
In the last decade, pragmatic utopian thinking has gained considerable popularity in different domains.
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The age of genetic information
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Google predicts a rising Chinese internet
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In search of a narrative for Europe
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Food is the key to achieving Sustainable Development Goals
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Facebook’s flirt with crypto and blockchain
Will Big Tech companies like Facebook have a role in the crypto landscape?
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Our uniform global diet
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Technical hurdles towards the cryptoworld
Arief Hühn outlines possible solutions to the current limitations of the crypto world.
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Apple’s quest for the disappearing computer
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The CRISPR’d era
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A multipolar military world
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Solar power nears terminal velocity
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EU's digital strategy: where are we now and where do we go from here?
We should be strategic as we make strides toward digital sovereignty.
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Can art and imagination spur climate action?
Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change
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The short-lived revival of Keynes; welcome back, Hayek!
Has neoliberalism really left? Or was “COVID-Keynesianism” nothing more than a short-term crisis management tactic?
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Is artificial intelligence smart enough to create a sustainable future?
Despite a hefty ecological footprint of its own, digital technology has the potential to contribute to a more sustainable future.
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Hungary’s continued development toward autocracy prompts challenges for the EU
How will having an “electoral autocracy” in their midst affect the EU's solidarity during crises and its normative power abroad?
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The planet as an emerging category
On living with – not on – the planet.
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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...
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Vibegeist: rave until the grave
The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.
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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.
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"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.
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