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Gut feeling and the future of nutrigenomics
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Horror in times of uncertainty
Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?
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Are we facing limits to growth?
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Everybody is a self-tracker
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The age of digital mega-ecosystems
Digital ecosystems have the potential to address consumer needs, but obstacles still exist in their implementation.
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Central banks rethink their purpose
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E-sports on steroids
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The end of the Fourth Hegemonic Cycle
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The future of globalization
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How to make the transition to a sustainable everyday life
Has the time come for personal carbon footprint calculators?
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A plant-centered view of the world
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Making sense of automation tax
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Limits to facial recognition
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The virtual of virtual reality
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Smart home care for our second adulthood
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Health concerns surrounding 5G
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Indian innovation
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The quiet Russian Resurgence
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The elemental evolution of media
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Every bit has a price
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The European Green Deal
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Revolutionaries between UFOs and raids
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Could we live without a job?
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Will new generations travel differently?
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Computers need a language for causal reasoning
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Will hiding the like button help Facebook?
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Visual search tools are building a bridge
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How digital technology will change our relationship to nature
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Looking for the long term
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Reinventing urban waterways
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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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Degrowth will make us happier
Understanding wellbeing beyond economic growth
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How collective behavior change can foster a sustainable future
A dive into the heart of the degrowth movement
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Apple’s enduring quest for the disappearing computer
The next step into the era of spatial computing
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What would it take for us to believe in aliens?
Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes
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The Indian Stack goes global
Is a decentralized, open-source Indian-European Stack emerging?
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Another piece on Barbenheimer
On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer
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Will generative AI bring the productivity increases we need?
Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity
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