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Panopticon or Oligopticon: Neoliberalism, Capitalism and Algorithmic Governmentality in Commercial Platforms
The rapid expansion of platform economy is said to simulate a neoliberal way of working[1, 2, 3]. Digital platforms for services, such as...
Jun 299 min read
Exploring the social interactions in GitHub
1. Social Encounter and Interaction Ritual While Goffman did not coin a clear definition of social encounter, the concept can be formed...
Jun 2913 min read
Reading memo: Goffman, Total Institutions, and burnouts in modern society
In The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life, Goffman hypothezed that an healthy institutional order shall be an emerge order from...
Jun 294 min read
Reading memo: connecting Goffman with the digital world
Discussion: 1. How does the interaction order change with the development of digital infrastructure? What are the suggested angle of...
Jun 294 min read


If You Can’t Beat Them…
Like it or not, cloning is here to stay. Bans and regulations will prove futile, but we don’t have to watch the take-off of such a...
Jun 15, 20184 min read


Taming the IT Titans?
This Friday Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s Commissioner for Competition gave a speech on recent issues of technology, business and society...
Jun 3, 20183 min read
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[Quick Note] Policy Makers - Not The Qualified Nannies Anymore?
Our central question for this month is how regulators  can keep up with the exponentially increasing speed of technological and...
Apr 14, 20181 min read
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[ROLE-PLAY & VOTE] 5-Minute Policy Making?
Can regulators keep up with the exponentially increasing speed and complexity of decision making? Can they - or indeed, you - make the...
Apr 8, 20182 min read


The Rise of Bad Teams
Artificial Intelligence will bring fundamental changes to team management and leadership. “There are no bad teams, there are only bad...
Mar 12, 20185 min read


BCIs: What is it to be Human, Machine or Animal?
Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) will change what it means to be human, machine or animal. A conscious summary by The Economist (January...
Feb 11, 20183 min read


#YouToo? #
The #MeToo movement marks the (re) emergence of new, yet very old social structures. At the end of October 2017, #MeToo tweets resulted...
Feb 6, 20185 min read
AI+Healthcare:a new culture clash?
Interest in artificial intelligence and machine learning in health care is accelerating and diversifying. The promise of AI in health...
Jan 29, 20185 min read


Housing, Capital, Capital, Capital...
I was listening to a LSE podcast about the residential crisis: ... The need for a home is universal. But today, housing is dominated by...
Nov 2, 20175 min read
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