Month: January 2014

  • Technology: some jobs will survive

    Technology: some jobs will survive

    “Some jobs will survive”, that was the recurring theme throughout the articles in The Economist (January 18th-24th) about what today’s technology will do to tomorrow’s jobs. Technology is becoming more and more capable, and will only become more cost-effective in the future as an alternative to human labour, as a result of increasing computational power,…

  • The Snowden saga shows a radical shift in democracy

    The debate about governmental surveillance and mass espionage that Edward Snowden’s revelations have started should also be about capitalism, argues Evgeny Morozov in the Financial Times. Because data is becoming the new money. But data isn’t replacing money at all and the debate should not be about capitalism, replies Danny Mekic. Money, as a medium…