Magdalena Odundo’s glasses of hope
Magdalene Odundo said no when she was first approached to organize an exhibition at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Palladian… Read More »Magdalena Odundo’s glasses of hope
Nicolai Tangen is breaking the silo
Nicolai Tangen knows everything about destroying silos. The former hedge fund manager runs the Norwegian Sovereign Fund, the largest of… Read More »Nicolai Tangen is breaking the silo
Big deals, big parties, big dresses: Dafydd Jones’ 90s New York
Unlock Editor’s Digest for free FT editor Roula Khalaf selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. In 1981, returning… Read More »Big deals, big parties, big dresses: Dafydd Jones’ 90s New York
Cowboy culture is everywhere and much more inclusive
On a soggy Tuesday night in Brooklyn, bundled-up twentysomethings and thirtysomethings noisily file into a dance hall. The toes of… Read More »Cowboy culture is everywhere and much more inclusive
To Make an Impact, Join Tech’s Exodus
The gulf between tech and government is legendary. In the 2010s, tech talent flocked to startups and big platforms where… Read More »To Make an Impact, Join Tech’s Exodus
Gen Z and the Art of Incentivized Self-Actualization
When the pandemic hit, Gen Z-ers—born between 1997 and 2012—were just entering adulthood. After enduring a particularly difficult time during… Read More »Gen Z and the Art of Incentivized Self-Actualization
The New Digital Dark Age
For researchers, social media has always represented greater access to data, more democratic involvement in knowledge production, and great transparency… Read More »The New Digital Dark Age
Itâs No Wonder People Are Getting Emotionally Attached to Chatbots
Replika, an AI chatbot companion, has millions of users worldwide, many of whom woke up earlier last year to discover… Read More »Itâs No Wonder People Are Getting Emotionally Attached to Chatbots
The Battle for Biometric Privacy
In 2024, increased adoption of biometric surveillance systems, such as the use of AI-powered facial recognition in public places and… Read More »The Battle for Biometric Privacy
Synthetic Data Is a Dangerous Teacher
In April 2022, when Dall-E, a text-to-image visio-linguistic model, was released, it purportedly attracted over a million users within the… Read More »Synthetic Data Is a Dangerous Teacher