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Our Fragile Now

By Adam Tinworth

The certainties of the post-war economic and political order are now as historic as the World Wars themselves. How do we survive and thrive in a fragile now?
This is the end. Of our illusions.

By Martin Recke

It’s time to face a new reality and abandon some of our favourite illusions about politics, technology, and the economy.
This is the end. Embrace it.

By Adam Tinworth

It’s a fundamental truth of life – of existence – that things end. But those who are prepared for that can take advantage of what comes next.
Doing business in the permacrisis

By Adam Tinworth

The re-election of Donald Trump reminds us that the bonfire of the incumbents is ripping through our political systems. Will our businesses be the next victims of the permacrisis?
How the Big Tech oligarchy came to power

By Martin Recke

It took decades for Big Tech to rise and become the oligarchy it is today. Is it too late to prevent it from destroying democracy?
NEXT24: Decentralise power structures to give society new energy

By Adam Tinworth

The internet is a decentralising technology we’ve used to centralise digital power. Can we unleash its full potential and reshape our society through decentralisation?
Jon Alexander: Democracy is dead, long live Democracy!

By Adam Tinworth

It’s time for a cultural shift. The consumer age needs to give way to the citizen age — or something worse will take its place.
How to reboot democracy

By Martin Recke

Where democracy is in danger, we need a reboot on different levels, from grassroots to representatives – a shift from consumer to citizen.
Can active citizens give infuse our politics with much-needed new energy?

By Adam Tinworth

Can we replace the idea of “voter” with that of a “citizen”? We may need to, if we want to deal with society’s biggest challenges.
Democracy and its demands

By Martin Recke

For democracy to work, political parties must address the problems of their voters. Companies have a growing responsibility here.
Davos 23: Did the WEF coordinate a permacrisis response?

By Adam Tinworth

This year’s World Economic Forum was a subdued affair, just at the time we needed a cheerleader for global cooperation in the face of mounting threats.
Divide and rule: the dark side of parallel digital cultures

By Adam Tinworth

The internet can seduce us into like-minded bubbles of people like us. But isolate communities can be easily influenced, and turned down a darker path…
The digital is inescapably political: it’s time to accept that

By Adam Tinworth

The digital evangelists of the 1990s saw cyberspace as a haven safe from the politics of the “real” world. They could not have been more wrong — and we're still paying for their mistake.
The right things to do

By Martin Recke

Doing the right things implies that we know what the right things are. Overwhelming complexity makes this a challenge.
Fragmentation and the cycles of hysteria

By Martin Recke

Tech amplifies both globalisation and fragmentation, thus putting politics and the nation state under pressure. We need a better understanding of politics.
Digital’s easy scale has proven to be ruinously expensive

By Adam Tinworth

The digital unicorns have been enjoying the lucrative advantages of worldwide scale — without paying the price. But there are others costs, that might be even more expensive…
Warren’s plan to break up the tech companies is the beginning of a mature conversation about tech

By Adam Tinworth

The would-be Democratic Party candidate for US President used SXSW to promote her vision of reigning in big tech. And we should be welcoming this discussion, not running scared of it.
We’re trapped in a toxic cycle of fragmentation and centralisation

By Adam Tinworth

Fragmentation is getting a really bad press, right now. There are some good reasons for that.
After the fall: as Facebook’s image collapses, what can we learn for the products we build next?

By Adam Tinworth

Facebook had a torrid week — and deservedly so. What can the next wave of digital products learn from its mistakes, to avoid falling into the same traps?
Will Facebook give Nick Clegg the power it needs to reinvigorate its public image?

By Adam Tinworth

The easiest way for Facebook to avoid regulation and legislative intervention would be to become the sort of company that doesn’t need it. That’s just not going to happen with the current Facebook power structure. Zuckerberg rules as an autocrat, with Sandberg as his enforcer.
Amongst SXSW 2018’s parties, there’s serious work to be done

By Adam Tinworth

Today, one of the world’s longest-running festivals of technology and digital culture kicks off – SXSW Interactive…
Is the dream of the good digital citizen dead?

By Adam Tinworth

A little more local organising, a little less polarised ranting on the international stage might be exactly the digital fix we need to today’s political woes. In this, perhaps we can start learning from our children.
2018: The Year of Tech Consequences

By Adam Tinworth

The era of idealistic tech dreaming is over. In 2018 it will clash with the hard reality of legislation and politics. Will we all lose?