Is technology making it harder for individuals to act morally?
...Glasshouses We are all that person, the author contends. When we simultaneously scroll through Instagram while talking on the phone...
Why the unlearn project, and computers
...Richard H. Thaler was awarded the 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor...
Australia’s links with China must change, but decoupling is not an option
...a Wuhan wet market, refusals to return Australian ministers’ phone calls: Australian-Chinese relations are looking seriously frayed. Certainly, events of...
TFTW on: I’m, um, a bot
...when a program demonstrates intelligent behaviour indistinguishable from that of a human. In recorded phone calls Duplex showed it’s capable...
Hong Kong, as part of China, must keep its eyes on the future, not the past
...as wireless internet and the internet of things. China now has the world’s second-largest number of unicorns (start-up companies with...
Can China’s grand plan to revive the ‘Silk Road spirit’ succeed?
...and coherence of the large number of belt and road projects, while a number of critics have labelled the initiative...
A shrinking middle class, rising global poor
...About 150 million people—a number equal to the populations of the U.K. and Germany combined—tumbled down the socioeconomic ladder in...
More women than ever are in the workforce but progress has been glacial
...ever female workforce participation rate and the largest number of women ever in the workforce. That’s true, but the pace...
The Future, This Week 02 February 2018
...phones The stories this week Strava fitness app can reveal military sites No one wants your used clothes anymore Other...
Migration and COVID-19
...note that even in relatively wealthy societies such as Australia, there are some migrants, including a number of international students,...
What businesses can learn from sports about using algorithms
...enhance consumer services and optimise internal processes. Walmart’s e-Commerce arm, Jet.com, employs algorithms that adjust prices based on the items...
CEO Insights: Andrew Baxter on marketing and robotics
Machine learning and robots are moving from providing invisible customer services like stacking shelves into providing frontline customer services. We...