An occupying power has a vested interest in speaking of “war.” It implies that the enemy forces are at par with yours, and that you intend to get out of that situation as soon as possible.
The Day the Cloud Became a Factory
“This is a more personal and subjective consideration reflecting my thoughts on the development of data centers and the need for responsible innovation in a period of great uncertainty about our becoming.” (Bruno Grippay)
Intellectual Elites against Democracy
James Madison’s reference to the “confusion and intemperance” of the multitude used to be the rationale of a government by the elite. What is the intellectual legacy of elitism in the United States today?
The New World of Terror
The war on terror was supposed to signal the dawn of a new world era. What does its “New-World” mythology rest upon, and how do we, the people, come to accept fear as the principle of political power?
Systems Thinking: From narrow goals to stewardship
The predominant paradigm that has shaped contemporary economies, education and the narrative of progress is that of efficiency and optimization. How can we broaden our perspective and treat progress not as a linear optimization problem, but as a constant dynamic interaction with the systems around us?