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The view from above
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Speculation as a way to design the future
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Your diploma is OK, what are your skills?
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The bright side of cybercrime
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Europe’s resurging South
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We are running out of sand
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Asia’s next growth engines
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Data has a will of its own
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The future of human competences
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Unlocking the mind
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Breathing is the new smoking
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Our technological relation to nature
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The downside of radical tokenization
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Speculating through CES
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How autonomous vehicles will change our lives
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Who will be the 21st-century Henry Ford?
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The delivery economy
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China’s new green normal
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Where does content generation stop and technology begin?
How the verticalization of entertainment platforms is shaping the media landscape
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Shifts in the global food system
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Globalization can still be a force for good
A general narrative is emerging that international trade and cooperation are on the decline. Is it accurate?
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Is Texas becoming too self-confident?
Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.
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Picking up the crypto pieces
Companies are on the lookout for opportunities during the crypto crash
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Gen Z chooses anonymity over fame
Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?
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From labor to exploitation: the dark side of blockchain games
What does it take to create a flourishing virtual economy?
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Resurrecting the dead in the digital era
Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?
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Extending the self with Instagram's augmented-reality face filters
Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?
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Emerging markets face tough financial challenges
Will emerging markets' recovery be halted by increasing financial problems?
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Technology on a leash
By sharing ownership and control with producers and governments, our smart devices are no longer what they seem
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Venetian, young and farming: three lessons from the new generation of Italian farmers on agri-food sustainability
Julia Rijssenbeek and Maya Turolla turn the spotlight on young farmers championing the transition to sustainable food systems.
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