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The higher purpose of motor sports
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The dilemma of future sports regulation
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Sustainable by default
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Capitalists’ worries about capitalism
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Megablockbusters: A societal forum for the negotiation of social values
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The social promise of augmented reality
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To measure someone is to know someone
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Is TikTok a vector for Chinese ideals?
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Spain has proven to be far from immune to the populist wave sweeping across Europe
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Got milk?
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Sustainable minerals for sustainable technology
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The Arctic through the eyes of Greenland
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Can’t live with social media, can’t live without it
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The Dragon and the Elephant in the 21st century
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Contemporary spirituality is all about the self
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Illegal streaming holds the media industry in check
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Africa is set to become world’s largest free trade area
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Can algorithms be neutral?
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The Africa Stack
The African continent might be leapfrogging into the digital economy
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Where architecture and IT meet
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The evolving landscape of consumer trust
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The future of Europe from an Asian perspective
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Scaling bitcoin with the lightning network
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21st century Luddites target self-driving cars
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Geopolitics of aid and development cooperation
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Populism and the shifting climate change debate
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The VAR system and the datafication of everyday life
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Particularly deadly matter
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Facebook’s strategy for a decentralized future
Will Facebook orchestrate its own disruption?
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Slowing down fast fashion
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The AI chips race (part II)
Chips are at the heart of the generative AI Stack
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Magic in metamodern times
To be(lieve) or not to be(lieve), that is the question
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The European elections and the next five years
What themes will drive European political discourse?
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We need to think about the constitution of the EU (part II)
And Luuk van Middelaar’s study of European spheres helps us structure the debate
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We need to think about the constitution of the EU (part I)
And Luuk van Middelaar’s study of European discourses helps us structure the debate
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Why we should embrace the void
The psychoanalysis of 'Love, Death & Robots'
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The AI chips race (part I)
How AI chips will determine future geopolitical events
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The internet is in need of a transition
What the internet can learn from ongoing transitions in energy, mobility and food
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Is Open Source AI a sham?
Why leading AI companies are currently engaging in both 'openwashing' and 'closedwashing' practices
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Post-growth: the dawn of a new era
What will the upcoming paradigm shift entail?
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