21. Century Zeitgeist

Thinking About The “Alt-Tech”

Watching the Christchurch gunman Brenton Tarrant’s (28) headband camera’s online streaming video, 90’s kids would not find anything they have not seen before. If you’ve ever played a first-person shooter game such as Call of Duty or Battlefield, you will understand how much the 28-year-old Australian sociopath was affected by the time he spent shooting ‘enemies’ online. New…
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Trust Square Restores Faith in Democracy

Trust Square has an address that everyone in Europe recognizes. It is located in the most high-end street in Zurich, Bahnhofstrasse. Central Bank is just across the street, the next door neighbor is a stylish Opera Gallery, and the gorgeous Alps views from the Zurich lake is…
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How to Regulate Disruptive Innovation

The digital economy requires a legal environment fit for the future. As emerging technologies create new business models, there grows a pressing need for creating, modifying and enforcing regulations. Yet, the challenge is finding a delicate balance between protecting public…
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Confronting the Surveillance Capitalism

Isn’t it great that we now have more options with Amazon instead of being stuck with brick-and-mortar stores? March 11, 2019 by Berk Kocaman On this past 8th of March, a brave woman has stepped forward and openly declared that it is time to break up the platform giants: Amazon, Google and Facebook. The 2020 Democratic presidential contender in the United States, Elizabeth Warren clears her…
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Digital Society

Digital revolution affects all the aspects of our world, from agriculture to transportation to how we communicate with each other. Digital revolution is now decisively embedded throughout our daily activities,  and it starts blurring the lines with the physical world. The…
21. Century Zeitgeist

Design and Architecture for Sustainable Innovation

While technology triggers transformation in every aspect of our life, do design and architecture succeed to keep up with this change to provide us with suitable habitats to live in? Architecture is an industry inspired and transformed by evolution. Take Brunelleschi’s…
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Digital Culture as the New Cultural Paradigm: The Vital Element of The Successful Digital Transformation

“A company’s culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneurs job is to build the foundation.” Brian Chesky, Airbnb Why Cultural Change Matters in Digital Transformation Age? Deficiencies in an organizational culture are one of the main barriers of the organizational success in the digital age. Recent study has examined the most challenging aspects of digital…
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Digital Arts in a Digital Age

From airplane patterns, to music rhythms, roads and various trackable human habits, online data is used to explore new frontiers in digital arts. The resulting images, figures or pieces are not just condensed information; it’s art. Data is the digital equivalent of a…
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Why We Established Beginning Node?

“The global system we are part of seems to be spinning out of control. Headlines around the world tell us something is amiss in many societies. I believe many of the developments we see today in individual countries and societies are part of an interconnected network of…
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Data Economy 102: Understanding The Fundamentals of Data Exchange Market

“It would make for a far more efficient market if consumers were consciously aware of the trade-off occurring with regards to their data, and were able to participate in the value-chain of their data, beyond the opacity of a free app or service that appears unrelated to data sales.” Matt Hogan, Datacoup, CEO – Founder  Recap –  Data Economy 101 In our previous article, we…
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