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Should we be afraid of artificial intelligence
What the technology is truly dangerous for, and what we are frightened by in vain.
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Privacy is freedom: on personal data
Why "I have nothing to hide" is a dangerous fallacy, and what privacy really protects.
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Attention is the new oil — and it is being pumped out of you
Why free apps are not really free, what you pay for them, and how to reclaim what is quietly being taken from you.
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Why we play: from Bruegel's games to video games
Why play is not an escape from life but its oldest rehearsal, and why video games are a new form of a very old human need.
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We have never been so connected — or so alone
Why, in an age with the whole world at hand, it grows harder not to end up alone, and how "contact" differs from closeness.
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What makes a good program: simplicity over complexity
Why the best code is not the cleverest but the clearest, and what that says about any kind of work.
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Data is the new oil — that we forget to refine
Why "data is the new oil" is only half true, how raw data differs from useful data, and why the database decides more than the algorithm.
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The interface: why simple is harder to make
Why a good interface is invisible, and why "make it simple" is the hardest task in technology.