Every day starts the same way. He has to check a series of sites, follow the latest news, and completely immerse himself in what he himself calls “the flow of …
crispr/cas9: the “scissors of god” are unleashed!
Think of a cinematic film. You identify a specific sequence of frames that you want to replace. If you have a film reel, you go and cut the celluloid, and …
gig economy
(or searching for work models for the 4th industrial revolution) A vast space, somewhat like a prison, with scattered security gates that monitor your movements as you enter and exit …
what are data and who do they belong to;
Data (and the generalized, universal data-ification) is the new “gold”, the new endless raw material of bio-informational capitalism. The 4th industrial revolution relies everywhere on data: on their collection, management …
how they imagined – and designed – the internet during the cold war era
The most widespread version of the story about the origins of the internet refers to Arpanet: in order to ensure the operation of the communications network even in the event …
for the (completely anarchic) structure of the internet
«The issue is not that laws do not have power, but that the nation-state does not have power. It is not possible to regulate the internet.» Date: mid-1990s, when the …
Watson for president!(are smart algorithms better than stupid politicians?)
Almost 70 years ago, precisely on December 28, 1948, a learned monk, with serious philosophical interests and well-informed about the most recent developments in the techno-scientific research of his time, …
script and language management technologies
Gregorian calendar omissions 1789, 1871, 1917. Milestone points in the political history of Europe marked by three numbers. Three numbers that automatically refer to and are now identified with a …
selfie: capitalism kills!
In 2014 it was the beginning. Only 15… In 2015 it went better: 50. In 2016 it became clear that there is a steady upward trend: 97. In 2017 there …
Undersea cables the Achilles’ heel in lead-up to new cold war
It’s a little-known twist in the cyber-warfare between nations that carries potentially devastating consequences. At a time when more than 95% of everything that moves on the global Internet passes …
Cambridge Analytica: internal cyber psyops of the 4th world war
“Revelation! The Luftwaffe bombs London.” Such a front-page headline in a British newspaper, during the Second World War, would have certainly been unthinkable; war then was the directly experienced reality …
the ecological footprint
In front of the smart mobile phones that fit in the palm of your hand and can do almost anything (even though they still struggle with the simplest tasks…), an …