Research

Explore over 500 articles on prevailing megatrends in tech, politics and society.

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Reinventing urban waterways

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The revival of the Rhine Model for digital capitalism

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Biohacking diets

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China’s digital platforms as a regional standard

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What is the impact of mindfulness on society?

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Zeroing in on 0.0% beers

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Generation Alpha

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Building bridges to the crypto space

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How China sees Hong Kong

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The dominance of movie franchises

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Natural elements become critical resources

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Online language is better language

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The rise of the Asian Aerotropolis

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Will climate engineering save the planet?

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The plant-based protein transition

What fundamental factors are causing and fueling the transition?

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The European Stack is taking shape

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Apple’s silent transition into the next computing paradigm

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Gen Z in the generational cycle

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The quest for autonomy in the digital age

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Worker rights, a new frontier for reducing U.S. inequality?

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Multilateralism and the decline of the U.S. hegemony

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The internet of thoughts

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The depth of deep ecology

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Reality is holding back self-driving cars

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Japan, Korea and the global semiconductor industry

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Precautionary screening for the masses?

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The ambiguity of self-tracking for health

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Healthcare in the 2020 U.S. elections

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A phronetic approach to healthcare

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Our cities as AR gaming arenas

How the loneliness epidemic extends to the young and harms their wellbeing

Are we heading toward a future of artificial intimacy or a revival of real-world connection?

The Battle of Stacks (part 2)

A deep dive into the battle’s origins and the titans who shape it

The Battle of Stacks (part 1)

How digital superpowers redefine the political order

Digital facts and objectivity in the 'TrustTech Stack' and network ontology

How can the Stack and Bruno Latour's network ontology help to give a more positive conception of the construction of digital facts and objectivity?

The quitters of open societies

What happens when we no longer play a common game

Is science to blame for post-truth politics?

How the left contributed to the deconstruction of truth

Perspectives on the post-truth era

The 'enshittification' of society

FreedomLab commemorates its 500th article with a retrospective of its publication history

The narratives struggling to define the impact of AI on the labor market

High expectations, disillusionment, and realism—the usual players in AI predictions are all present

Forget about the (human) parents

Meet the cyborgs