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Pronatalism is inextricably tied to nationalism alongside race, class and ethnicity. Such a framing can quickly become xenophobic.
Silicon Valley investors insist that a startup is a credible business before they will part with funding. European investment hubs like Berlin and Scotland take a different approach.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is one of this concept’s biggest enthusiasts.
From an economic development perspective, the highly skewed nature of AI activity in the US is likely to create large pools of high-skilled workers in some regions while leaving other regions behind.
The lack of large, global European tech leaders might actually be a blessing.
How corporate dominance holds us all back.
The OpenAI sacking affair highlights ongoing debates over the safety and misuse of AI.
AI is one of many reasons the tech company mantra should be reconsidered, says an expert.
At the heart of Silicon Valley lies a powerful admiration for its ‘genius founders’ – but this comes at the cost of accountability.
Venture capitalist billionaire Marc Andreessen dreams of ‘becoming technological supermen’ in a ‘techno-optimist’ manifesto built on a dark colonial vision.
Meta’s blocking of Canadian news reveals how reliant Canada’s media industry is on the U.S. The government must create a better funding model to provide support for Canadian media.
A controversial new city project in northern California has echoes of past utopian plans – but idealism and commercial reality have always been uneasy partners.
Traditional businesses operate with an established solution to a known problem. Startups focus on a product or service no one else provides.
Canada’s Tech Talent Strategy aims to draw global tech talent to the country, but faces hurdles like U.S. salary competition and high living costs.
Large Canadian banks are likely not at risk of bank failures, but history suggests smaller, more niche financial service firms could be.
Douglas Rushkoff’s Survival of the Richest is less about tech billionaires and their ‘bonkers’ escape plans than it is an entertaining primer on the various ills of late capitalism.
It’s getting much harder in the US to find an affordable home, even for people who work multiple jobs.
Corporate rebranding is fundamental to the spread of metacapitalism which uses increasingly sophisticated technology to shape, exploit and profit from human interaction.
New research on giving in a business setting could offer insights into human interactions and critical lessons for organizations looking to build a more collaborative culture.
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Professor of Practice, Associate Dean, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Professor of Management and Sociology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor in Media Theory and History, Università di Torino
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
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Visiting Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Science, Technology and Society, University of Glasgow
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Senior Research Fellow, Horizon Digital Economy, UnBias, University of Nottingham
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Cambridge
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RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship & Associate Professor, OBHR Division, University of British Columbia
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Emeritus Professor, MTN Solution Space Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Urban and Cultural Geography, Western Sydney University
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Researcher in Entrepreneurial Creativity, University of Nottingham
