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The chemical industry is out of control
We have no idea about the long-term impacts of chemical production on our planet. Is it time for a 'guilty until proven innocent' approach?
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The sour aftertaste of the Glasgow COP26
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The developing intrinsic value of nature
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Stimulating sustainable consumer practices
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Will the metaverse be a “pornoverse”?
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The greening of green financial products
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What to think of the Corona Pass?
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AUKUS and the return of geopolitics
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How a decline in trust can be a driver for new political leadership
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The traffic light turns green for German digitalization
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The ‘Wechselstimmung’ after Merkel
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The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right
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China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?
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A new narrative on climate change
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What would a sufficiently sustainable ordinary life look like?
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How to deal with the medical uncertainty of Long COVID?
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On the Chinese variety of capitalism
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On realizing we are not alone
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India’s rise as a digital superpower
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Winter is ending
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Judges break the unwritten rule of environmental agreements
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We need more downward mobility
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The G7 tax deal is all about American geo-economics
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Lifestyle politics in the planetary age
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The emergence of big tech mesh networks
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Hegemonic shift makes the European Super League inevitable
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Elon Musk – What does his popularity tell us about 21st century leadership?
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Building national character based on trauma
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The artisan versus the engineer: masters of the universe
What kind of skills should we (not) cultivate for generative AI?
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We are the products of technological mediation
What the metaphor of the 'medium' can teach us about AI
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When images matter more than reality
A reflection on Vilém Flusser's philosophy of photography in the age of social media
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The day the artificial became intelligent (is yet to come)
When we started to call intelligence a machine and the machine intelligent
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Knit’s Island and the future of the metaverse
An immersive and fascinating documentary about life in a virtual world
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The robots among us
About today’s master-slave dynamics with humanoids and chatbots
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The age of the machine: emancipation or alienation of the human?
Understanding the role of machines in society
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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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Philosophical prompt engineering in an AI-driven world
Why philosophical questioning and the art of posing the right questions becomes more important because of generative AI
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Short-sighted AI regulations miss the big picture
How can we ensure that AI is not only safe but also resonates with our broader norms and values?
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