Peter Vander Auwera - Issue #62

The very best

About a ambitious thought experiment by Douglas Rushkoff to take Trump at his word, and seeing him as context, not content...

About the API of WE

About a symbiosis between humanity and AI

About the relevance of Bucky's 1960 counterculture today. What can we learn from Bucky Fuller’s faith in technology?

About the past, present, future of Corporate Social Responsibility.

Part 3 of A Brief History of The Studio As An Instrument features King Tubby, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, Conny Plank, and Patrick Cowley and other audio pioneers

The Architecture of Understanding (and Happiness)

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Data and Society

See also together with artwork from Renato Nicolodi https://www.canvas.be/video/renato-nicolodi

Zeitgeist

Airbnb moves beyond accommodation into tours and immersive trips

Innovation

Why problem solving orientation is a dead end street

Future of work

Stephen DeWitt has had the kind of career that used to end with a gold watch, a comfortable retirement, and a slow decline into old age. He’s held senior positions at HP, Cisco, and Symantec, and…

Internet Culture

Already, just a couple hours after the free app's announcement, people are losing their minds about it — and that's not an exaggeration.

FinTech

Britain's vote to leave the European Union opens an opportunity for Singapore to recruit talent for its ambitious plans to become a leading financial technology hub, the chief FinTech officer of the city-state's central bank said.

$2.9 billion was invested into fintech in the third quarter, down from $9.4 billion in the second, according to stats from KPMG and CB Insights.

ABN Amro is to finance increased spending on digital technologies by cutting a further 1500 jobs over the next four years.

The fintech sector is being shaped by shifting market conditions, new regulations, and changes in consumer demands and behaviors.

AI, Robots, Algorythms

Machine learning and artificial intelligence (ML and AI) have seized Tech mindshare in a way few topics have in recent memory. A couple months ago I noticed people talking about artificial…

A framework for thinking about AI.

For over 65 years, Hollywood has made elements of Artificial Intelligence come to life on the big screen. Explore how AI predictions have become a reality.

Post Capitalism

Art related

"Shopping" by People Like Us

Other

As relaxing as it is astonishing, this ultra-high-definition video from NASA offers an extensive, behind-the-scenes tour of the International Space Station accompanied by a tranquil ambient soundtrack. The result is a transfixing float through the largest and most heavily trafficked spacecraft to date.