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Who pays the price for a resilient economy?
Europe is trying to develop a resilient economy that is less reliant on others. Yet, are we willing to the pay the price for our independence?
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How will the pandemic affect the future of edtech?
The pandemic has ensured the implementation of edtech in school systems. Will pedagogical or technological aspects be prioritized?
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Resisting the green gold
Deconstructing my purchasing choices: why is it so hard to change behavior?
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How the cyborg deconstructed the modern worldview
The evolution of the cyborg in science and popular culture
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Religion and spirituality after the death of God
Secularism could lead to moral and spiritual nihilism that Nietzsche and Dostoevsky warn of. What are the socio-cultural consequences of this?
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Can digital technology save humanity?
How the Digital Revolution will change the rules of the game
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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 developing intrinsic value of nature
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The sour aftertaste of the Glasgow COP26
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Feel-good philanthropy
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Stimulating sustainable consumer practices
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The greening of green financial products
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Will the metaverse be a “pornoverse”?
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How a decline in trust can be a driver for new political leadership
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AUKUS and the return of geopolitics
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What to think of the Corona Pass?
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The ‘Wechselstimmung’ after Merkel
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The traffic light turns green for German digitalization
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China’s CBDC-as-a-standard?
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The future of the anti-establishment, conservative right
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Climate litigation and civil society
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What would a sufficiently sustainable ordinary life look like?
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A new narrative on climate change
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On the Chinese variety of capitalism
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How to deal with the medical uncertainty of Long COVID?
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India’s rise as a digital superpower
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On realizing we are not alone
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Judges break the unwritten rule of environmental agreements
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Winter is ending
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The G7 tax deal is all about American geo-economics
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Why we should embrace the void
The psychoanalysis of 'Love, Death & Robots'
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The AI chips race
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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The weather is changing
What home insurance tells us about climate change
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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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