The cosmic war between monotony and creativity | David Deutsch

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Why Big Tech is incompatible with democracy | Bruno Giussani

Most of the technology powering life in Europe today — chatbots, the cloud, digital infrastructure — is owned by companies in the United States. Writer and curator Bruno Giussani makes the case that Europe's reliance on American technology has crossed the line from convenient to ...  Show more

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