How much do our societies really value human empathy? Answering this question will be the guiding light for job automation within the next decade, as we approach the automation age crossroads, deciding the role of humans in the intelligent economy. …
Concerns over the Belt and Road initiative in Serbia
Surveillance is permanent in its effects, even if it is discontinuous in its action. — Michel Foucault
[This piece was written in April right after the Belt and Road Summit. It was originally published in Serbian on April 30, and can be accessed here.]
In April 2019, China hosted a…
Nadzor je nečujan i stalan, a kontrola je moguća tokom celog dana i iz svih perspektiva. — Mišel Fuko
Prošle nedelje, Kina je ugostila predstavnike nekoliko stotina zemalja na samitu inicijative Jedan pojas, jedan put, inicijative koja svojim grandioznim ambicijama obeležava vladavinu predsednika Si Đinpinga.
Srbija je jedna od više od 68 zemalja koje učestvuju u inicijativi i ovo nam je prošle nedelje sa ponosom prenošeno na svim mogućim…
Companies are challenging the primacy of governments worldwide
Last year Denmark appointed the first “tech ambassador” to Silicon Valley. On that occasion, Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelson justified the role by saying that the U.S. technology companies “affect Denmark just as much as entire countries”. …
Notes from day two of Exponential View talks and panels at CogX Festival, 11–12 June, London
Exponential View team ran one of the five main stages at this year’s CogX festival in London. …
Notes from the day one of Exponential View talks and panels at CogX Festival, 11–12 June, London
Exponential View ran one of the five main stages at this year’s CogX festival in London. …
A summary of the ILO’s comprehensive report on the future of work
The International Labour Office (ILO) published a comprehensive Future of Work Research Paper offering a valuable overview of the platforms’ business model design choices and their influence on workers’ well-being. …
A 1904 letter takes us to the past and into the future of electric cars
Having the normal performances of my electric car doubted on many occasions, and having the threadbare expression that “an electric is all right but you can’t go anywhere with it,” thrown at me repeatedly, I decided to go somewhere with it, in the full sense of the word.
As an enthusiastic cyclist and environmentalist, I’m quick to notice the tragedy of the commons flourishing on the premises of personal transportation, especially in the U.S.
Big cities are going car-free. London’s Mayor Saqid Khan’s newest “London Plan” envisions that 80% of all trips in London will be made by foot, bicycle or public transport by 2041.
Without this shift away from car use, London cannot continue to grow sustainably. […] The design and layout of…
