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Kleros and the Future of Justice

Kleros and the Future of Justice

A talk about Kleros at Thomson Reuters Generate Conference, London (September 2018)
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Federico Ast
Feb 18, 2019
A World Without Lawyers: Encoding Law for the Internet Age

A World Without Lawyers: Encoding Law for the Internet Age

Jeremy Bentham (London, 1748-London, 1832) was not an ivory tower philosopher. He wasn’t as much interested in theory as he was in changing…
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Federico Ast
Jan 12, 2016
Blockchain Revolution Talk in Paris

Blockchain Revolution Talk in Paris

A presentation on the blockchain revolution and Kleros at the Ethereum Community Conference (ETHCC) in Paris 2018…
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Federico Ast
Feb 18, 2019
Is the future as ugly as it seems? Some lessons of philosophy of history…

Is the future as ugly as it seems? Some lessons of philosophy of history…

War in Ukraine, ISIS, environmental crisis, economic collapse… Sometimes, it would seem the end of times is just around the corner.
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Federico Ast
Mar 16, 2015
Singularity University: my 10 weeks down Silicon Valley’s Rabbit Hole

Singularity University: my 10 weeks down Silicon Valley’s Rabbit Hole

Sunday, June 19, 2016. NASA Ames Research Park, in the heart of Silicon Valley.
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Federico Ast
Dec 22, 2016
Blockchain 101: Essential Readings on the Future of the Internet

Blockchain 101: Essential Readings on the Future of the Internet

Quite often, people ask me where to learn about blockchain. Here, I share some resources I have found valuable for my education. It’s not a…
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Federico Ast
Nov 22, 2016
This is How Facebook Dies

This is How Facebook Dies

In late 2015, Facebook’s shareholders were ecstatic. Stock value had reached a record high and everyone had forgotten the troubles of the…
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Federico Ast
Nov 10, 2015
Bitcoin’s Failure and the Return of the Messiah: Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin’s Failure and the Return of the Messiah: Satoshi Nakamoto

“Bitcoin was an experiment that failed”, wrote Mike Hearn, one of the top developers a couple of days ago in Medium. In his long post, he…
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Federico Ast
Jan 20, 2016
A Short Literature Review on Collective Intelligence

A Short Literature Review on Collective Intelligence

The study of collective intelligence is important to understand some fascinating trends of our time such as open innovation, crowdsourcing…
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Federico Ast
Sep 13, 2015
Startup Da Vinci, the Company Builder of the Great Leonardo

Startup Da Vinci, the Company Builder of the Great Leonardo

Lorenzo de’ Medici (1449–1492), The Magnificent, was the patron of the best Florentine Renaissance artists. Leonardo, Michelangelo and…
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Federico Ast
Mar 22, 2015
Dystopian thinking, what would Hitler do with Skynet?

Dystopian thinking, what would Hitler do with Skynet?

Over the years, mankind went through periods of optimism and pessimism about its nature and future. What we think of our historical…
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Federico Ast
Mar 16, 2015
What Satan told me about big data

What Satan told me about big data

As I was working as a business journalist in New York, I got to meet the Prince of Darkness. This is what he told me about his business…
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Federico Ast
Apr 3, 2014
The New Springtime of Nations

The New Springtime of Nations

Social science explains the waves of protests in the world and the advent of democracy.
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Federico Ast
Oct 12, 2015
Kleros Presentation at the Final of Consensus 2018 Pitch Competition

Kleros Presentation at the Final of Consensus 2018 Pitch Competition

Launch on stage of Kleros token sale in the final of Consensus 2018 pitch competition…
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Federico Ast
Feb 26, 2019
What the Immigration Ban Says About Moral Progress…

What the Immigration Ban Says About Moral Progress…

“Progress doesn’t follow a straight line. It zigs and zags, and sometimes it moves forward and sometimes it moves backwards or moves…
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Federico Ast
Jan 30, 2017
The Marxist Revolution for the Internet Age

The Marxist Revolution for the Internet Age

Creating a social network can make you very rich, very fast. In 2008, just four years after founding Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg was worth…
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Federico Ast
Jun 6, 2016
Banking The Unbanked vs CryptoKitties: Blockchain And Its Application Today

Banking The Unbanked vs CryptoKitties: Blockchain And Its Application Today

A panel on dapps adoption at Token 2049 conference in Hong Kong.
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Federico Ast
Feb 26, 2019
An Overview of Innovation in the Legal Industry

An Overview of Innovation in the Legal Industry

In this interview, Carlos Gámez, executive of the legal innovation area at Thomson Reuters, reviews some key trends of the future of the…
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Federico Ast
Jun 7, 2020
How to Build a Legal Product

How to Build a Legal Product

A step by step guide to design an innovative software product in the legal industry…
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Federico Ast
Jun 13, 2020
Legaltech: Business Innovation Applied to Law

Legaltech: Business Innovation Applied to Law

In this interview, Daniel Acevedo presents the main concepts of legaltech, the application of technology and business innovation to the…
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Federico Ast
Jun 13, 2020
The Law Firm of the Future and the New Skills of Lawyers in the Digital Age

The Law Firm of the Future and the New Skills of Lawyers in the Digital Age

In this interview, Andrés Jara presents the new models of law firms and the new skills for lawyers in the midst of the digital…
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Federico Ast
Jun 14, 2020
Smart Contracts: New Agreements for the Digital Age

Smart Contracts: New Agreements for the Digital Age

Smart contracts are self-sufficient and decentralized agreements for managing digital assets. In this interview, Alejandro Rothamel…
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Federico Ast
Jun 14, 2020
Building a Startup in the Legal Industry

Building a Startup in the Legal Industry

Alba Molina runs the corporate acceleration program at major Spanish law firm Cuatrecasas. In this interview, she discusses some learnings…
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Federico Ast
Jun 14, 2020
The Role of Technology to Guarantee Access to Justice

The Role of Technology to Guarantee Access to Justice

In this interview, Alejandro Ponce, Head of Research at the World Justice Project, discusses the challenges in access to justice and how…
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Federico Ast
Jun 14, 2020
Legal Design and the Challenges of Innovation in Law

Legal Design and the Challenges of Innovation in Law

In this interview, José Torres presents the challenges of innovation in the conservative legal industry and how design thinking can help…
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Federico Ast
Jun 20, 2020
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