
3 critical challenges for governing digitalization
The mob attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, was a turning point – not just in political history, but also in technology governance.
The mob attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, was a turning point – not just in political history, but also in technology governance.
2020 shook our world in unimaginable ways, forcing us to face multiple intersecting emergencies: public health, economic, and racial justice crises.
Covid-19により、人間社会の活動は大きな制約を受け、社会生活、経済活動に大きなダメージを被っている。一方で、今回のCovid-19下では、100年前のスペイン風邪の時には無かったICTが、力を発揮し、従来一般的であった人の集合による価値創造が、分散状態でも可能であることを示した。人間社会は、ICTの進化で、「場所」と「時間」の制約から解放され、リモートワーク、リモー...
COVID-19 has put significant restrictions on human society, causing significant damage to social lives and economies. However, what COVID-19 has showed us is the incredible power of infor...
The world faces unprecedented challenges caused by our current approach to production and consumption. The resulting waste from plastic, textiles, food, electronics, and other industries ...
Gadgets that we throw away, like cell phones and computers, are a rich source of precious metals.
An initiative in the US city of Baltimore wants to salvage and reuse as much wood as possible, while also creating jobs.
The landscape for big technology companies is growing more challenging, as regulatory scrutiny and antitrust efforts intensify around the world. But the fact is, regulation alone isn’t li...
This year started with renewed hope: vaccines to stop a deadly pandemic and increased global cooperation to repair the economic damage. As governments around the world deploy trillions of...
One month after historic and deadly winter storms left millions of Texans without power, many energy experts, politicians and pundits have called for massive spending on grid-related infr...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues continue to gain traction among corporate leaders. On 26 January 2021, 61 top business leaders across different industries announced thei...
The accelerating rollout of vaccines in many countries marks the latest sign of hope in the fight to bring COVID-19 under control. Multiple vaccines have now been approved, and they are a...
China’s ambition to reach peak carbon before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 will require Chinese companies to start transitioning to a lower-carbon business model today. Corpo...
Through the unfathomable toll of lives lost and businesses and jobs destroyed, one could be forgiven for missing a positive inflection point during the pandemic: the climate revolution is...
At first glance, the numbers look promising. Nine countries accounting for over half of the global tuberculosis (TB) burden reported large drops in the number of people diagnosed with TB ...