The next phase of the digital revolution

By Martin Recke

With massive shifts in power and control, the digital revolution is entering a new phase. The Accenture Life Trends 2023 report sums it up.

Cities are systems: data makes them better

By Adam Tinworth

The urban infrastrcuture is the most complex system most of us encounter on a daily basis. In a world rocked by crises, we need to understand these systems better.

Systemic changes

By Martin Recke

The changes we face today are systemic, and they are tearing apart the fabric of our late-modernity lives. Time to shift our perception.

Reality versus Metaverse: the tipping point

By Martin Recke

Physical reality is only a subset of today's reality, and soon the default will be the metaverse. Think black & white TV.

It takes a village to build a tech hub

By Adam Tinworth

What is it that makes one city work as a tech hub, and another fail? It could be that you need a village atmosphere in an uban setting…

From TechStars in Kendall Square to the Middle of Mitte

By NEXT Conference

Halley Suitt Tucker, one of the official bloggers for this year's conference, on why cities are important to our stories - even in the post-digital age.

Cities in the post-digital era

By Adam Tinworth

Is an open data system the next big infrastructure requirement for our cities? And can our public bodies rise to the challenge?