Who heals the healer when depression strikes?
It was not the first time someone spoke in sad shock. It won’t be the last. “We didn’t think it was possible … there were no signs. He was a bubbly happy person who was...
Digital Identity for Noobs
How SMART people are creating identity value in an augmented reality. I recently turned 40 years old. As a biologically born female, significant changes occur hormonally, but besides that milestone, my psychological and spiritual growth...
New Hopes for AI
The field of artificial intelligence (AI) encompasses a variety of technologies ranging from image recognition to robotics and autonomous vehicles which carry their own risks along with potential benefits. AI can be generally defined...
Are We Ready for Military AI?
Today, algorithms may come in charming shapes, such as Sophia, a robot with a lovely attitude and an enlightened philosophy. Others, like Atlas, are being built to look like Robocop brutes that can run, jump,...
Digital Currency for Social Good? (Psst, it Works for “Invented” Currency in the Real...
The question as to the relevance and timeliness of implementing our radically-new decentralised technology depends on whether we as a society are prepared to choose freedom over fiat. It is a critical choice to make...
How Much Tech Does It Take To Replace Your Manager?
Almost one in five small business owners think it’s just too much of a hassle, and not to mention expensive, to find and implement new tech. But they may need it more than they...
Rogue genome editing twists DNA ethics
Genome editing is on the cutting edge of science. It’s also morally questionable and possibly illegal in many jurisdictions. Despite that, a Chinese scientist announced that he edited the genomes of two human embryos to...
Ready or not, the revolution is upon us
"We must develop a comprehensive global shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping the economic and social environments." Emboldened by the challenge, Nazareen Ebrahim is ready to answer the call to...
Gift of life confronts social taboos
It’s an implanted fact: According to the American Transplant Foundation, 20 patients in the United States die every day due to lack of available organs for transplant. Up to eight lives can be saved...
How The Rise of Conversational AI Will Impact The World
From different professional services, insurance, education, finance, travel, telecom, to construction, banking, and business, AI has caused a stir across sectors. As we can see in today's world, many businesses have been trying to...
Can Tech Help You Combat The Winter Blues?
In the United States, one in five adults and nearly two million children are diagnosed with seasonal depression. From lowered energy to flat-out hopelessness, the effects of Seasonal Affective Disorder are obvious, but the...
Human Infrastructure over Digital Infrastructure
Today's technologies influence not only who we are or how we get socialized but also our understanding of reality or metaphysics. As Oxford Professor Floridi mentioned in his Onlife Manifesto, the distinction between virtuality...
Homo Collaborans & Techno-Capitalism
It would be an oversimplification to assert that the digital transformation has been caused by techno-capitalism alone. Such an oversimplification would result in the misidentification of the solution. Instead, a more sophisticated perspective should...
Is This The Real Life?
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” once sang Freddie Mercury, now we say; “Alexa play Bohemian Rhapsody.” “Prior to the age of electricity, only real experience was possible. However, during the...
What happens when platforms determine bias?
Content Creation and The Divide. Lately, the prevalent formula for success has been; you produce content which people find most agreeable and ride the train of like-ability.
Whereas, what it used to be; you expressed about what...
Student Loans: The Next Financial Crisis?
More than the combined market value of both Facebook and Microsoft combined, the total student loan debt in America has reached $1.4 trillion. Past economic crashes like the Great Depression and the Great Recession...
Falling isn’t failing.
You only fail when you give up. Every hero must fall, we live for the moments that the underdog emerges; rising to the challenges in the face of adversity, succeeding as a result. In its very...
The Changing Definition Of Success Among Young People
Today, it’s tough for young people to get started in life. Long gone are the days of marching up to the boss’s office, pounding a fist on the desk, and demanding a job -...
Dear Citizen, blockchain will change your life!
Blockchain can definitely affect social organizations. Can the new technology be used successfully in public administration as well? Will it help governments inspire trust in citizens and make the latter feel they are better...
What’s in a name? Apples, oranges, and the quest for better sustainability data
Consistent, specific and precise data is the key to understanding how a company is performing. This is not as easy as it should be when one looks at sustainability, and is currently one of...
