Facebook says its system will be able to adapt to the individual behaviours of its users by using machine learning to predict their likes, dislikes and other interests, in real time. ProPrivacy digital expert Ray […]
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Russian Cosmism’s “Technocratic Traditionalism”
In Russia, Cosmism now serves as the basis for a syncretic ideology entitled “technocratic traditionalism” which combines technological modernity with religious conservatism. At the end of the 19th century, the Russian thinker Nikolai Fyodorov (1829-1903) […]
The Most Consequential Social Media Account in History
What is it about Trump that has seen him at once, and by the same people, so widely reviled as the president, yet so celebrated as a poster? It is still possible to appreciate, on […]
Why China Turned Against Jack Ma
The shift in attitude also speaks to a growing wealth gap and diminished opportunities for the young. A growing number of people in China seem to feel the opportunities that people like Mr. Ma enjoyed […]
Biden’s Administration Discussing UBI?
Andrew Yang’s nonprofit, Humanity Forward, has spoken to the incoming administration of Joe Biden about recurring checks for Americans. “I don’t want to give away too many details, but we have discussed with them our […]
Self-Delusion on the Russia Hack
The U.S. regularly hacks foreign governmental computer systems on a massive scale. The lack of self-awareness in the reactions to the Russia breach is astounding. The U.S. government has no principled basis to complain about […]
2020 – The Year in Government
Governments around the world have had to scale up digital services in response to COVID-19, whilst also grappling macro-political challenges. It has undoubtedly been one of the most challenging years in recent history for governments […]
Open Sourcing COVID-19 Vaccines
Open source licensing could help build sustainable vaccine manufacturing capacity within low – and middle-income countries. Schweik has studied open source software that comes with an associated copyright license that promotes free and broad sharing. […]
The End of the Facebook Crime Spree
What Mark Zuckerberg did at Facebook is engage in systemic criminal behavior, and he was able to do so because law enforcers refused to enforce the law against the powerful. That era is over. Yesterday, […]