The link between Plato and tech that helps us better understand what is happening

The most innovative Smart City projects in the world

One is the start-up way: brands or governments that build new cities from the ground up, centred around the needs of the customers, or citizens in this case. This type of greenfield approach obviously allows them to rethink the system…

Quantum education, hierachies and company schools

Why China (not the West) is hardwired for the next phase of human evolution — and what we need to do keep up

The roots of innovation

Many books, blogs and articles have been written about the roots of innovation…

“Philosophy often resurfaces when one world order collapses and another has yet to arise”

For the past few years there has been quite some buzz about corporate in-house philosophers like Joshua Cohen (Apple), Luciano Floridi (ex-Google) and Damon Horowitz…

How to better navigate the future by collaborating with sci-fi writers, (visual) artists, philosophers and anthropologists

One of the biggest business trends of the past few years, has been the blurring of industry lines. It’s the reason why we…

The invisible fundaments that are shaping the human world

Once in a while, it’s important to reflect upon the things that we take for granted. If we want to understand where we come from, and where we might be going, we ought to understand which invisible undercurrents are steering us…

Our relationship with information might be broken — but not in the way that you think