Peter Vander Auwera - Issue #26

The very best

a creative collective

Musk nails the fundamental problem with regulators: "If the rules are such that you can't make progress, then you have to fight the rules."

To architect the experiences of tomorrow, you must first design the interactions of today.

Infomercialist and pop psychologist Barbara De Angelis puts it this way: “Love is a force more formidable than any other.” Whether…

Trying to create a sense of urgency almost always backfires.

As new technological innovation is eating the world, the need to improve the connection between the academic and busines…

The media critic on the malfunctioning tech economy, digital detoxes and why Facebook is unhygenic

Data and Society

James Clapper did not name specific agency as being involved in surveillance via smart-home devices but said in congressional testimony it is a distinct possibility

Zeitgeist

Every generation needs its New Jerusalem, to transfigure the present and prefigure the future. So how and where could we build ours?

Ai Weiwei has been a harsh critic of Europe's response to its refugee crisis. He recently set up a studio on the Greek island of Lesbos, the main entry point for tens of thousands of refugees who make the dangerous sea crossing from Turkey. He is working on several projects that highlight the refugees' plight, recently reenacting the harrowing photo of drowned Syrian...

The semiconductor industry will soon abandon its pursuit of Moore's law. Now things could get a lot more interesting.

The Pirate Bay of science.

Innovation

nexxworks - What if we could inject the disruptive force of a start-up into the DNA of a global corporation

Future of work

It’s time to ditch hub-and-spoke.

Futurist and Keynote Speaker Gerd Leonhard is blogging about the future. Humanity will change more in the next 20 years than in all of recent human history

Internet Culture

As the Internet industry matures, will the new gatekeepers close the doors on new online social movements before they ar…

In George Orwell’s classic novel “1984”, the supreme dictator, called Big Brother, systematically reduced the number of …

FinTech

Smart contracts can be thought of as "automated trustworthy workflow between parties without a central specific co-ordinator.". Here's how I think about them.

Wouldn’t it be great if, when you wanted to buy something out on the Internet somewhere and you were looking at it on yo…

Recently, a friend of mine who heads a global corporate practice with a tier 1 bank bemoaned the impact regulation and c…

For banks and fintech firms to succeed in the future will most likely require new business models and a spirit of partnership.

Strange times we live in. The world’s biggest financial players and analysts are buzzing about an invention that became famous partly by promising to..

With excellent overview of FinTech Accelerators

We've added nearly two dozen new startups to our list. Fintech startups targeting millennials range from "robo-advisors" to automated savings apps.

This article contains statistics and insights on the meaning of the access to formal financial services.

AI, Robots, Algorythms

Post Capitalism

In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant.