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Waste Less, Earn More
“While some advocate economic degrowth as an option to achieve climate targets and other environmental goals, there is a much stronger case for adopting efficient clean technologies. The gains from introducing them would outweigh the financial cost of the green transition, and economies would not have to sacrifice growth in the process” (Piccard 2021).
Investing in Data Saves Lives
“The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for more and better data, and the value of models in informing humanitarian response strategies. The world must now invest in data infrastructure and human capacity in order to get ahead of crises, predict future needs, and trigger responses earlier” (Lowcock and Shaw, 2021).
How Hacking Became a Professional Service in Russia
“Although Russian law-enforcement bodies periodically mount operations aimed at domestic cybercriminals, they generally turn a blind eye to those who use Russia as a base for infiltrating foreign networks. That is partly a function of legal jurisdiction and investigative wherewithal” (Joshua Yaffa, 2021).
How Nations Face Crises
“Speed, agility and technology are key to overcoming catastrophe” (Niall Ferguson, 2021).
Kremlin’s Anti-Democratic Messaging and Disinformation in Europe
"The continuing rule of law problems and democratic backsliding, the rise of domestic populism and extremism, disruptive social media and technological developments, and authoritarian-state-driven influence operations have undermined democratic governance on the continent. An effective...response to Russian (and other authoritarian-state) disinformation would require an integrated, multi-stakeholder approach based on cooperation among policy-makers, civil society, and European/international institutional actors" (Center for the Study of Democracy, 2021).
Daniel Kahneman Says Humans Are Noisy. (He’s Not Talking About Volume.)
“In this conversation, Kara Swisher talks to Kahneman about how companies and individuals can reduce noise, how systems can become more fair and whether we would all be better off if we let some of these decisions be made by machines” (“Sway” Podcast, 2021).
Democracy in the Digital Age
“To safeguard their democracies and restore their global standing, Western countries must demonstrate that they possess both the awareness and political will to confront the challenges they face. Many of those challenges arise from – or are exacerbated by – digital technologies” (Grigory Yavlinsky, 2021).
Digital Standards are Key for Protecting Democracy
This piece explores how digital technical standards “shape the way societies engage with everyday technologies, from internet connectivity to 5G” and “reflect the values and visions of the engineers that develop them”, and the role these standards play in fighting authoritarianism (Wilkinson, 2021).
Inside The Decision on Trump's Facebook Fate
“With some prodding from Kara Swisher, Rusbridger reveals how the Trump decision went down, what side of the debate he fell on and whether taking this assignment has been worth it” (“Sway” Podcast, 2021).
Facebook is pretending it cares how its platform affects the world
“The reality is that Trump used Facebook most effectively as an organizing and fundraising tool, not as a platform for ‘posting’” (Siva Vaidhyanathan, 2021).
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