Technology companies aren’t just stealing your intellectual property – your creative content - they’re making vast profits out of selling it back to you. AI-powered apps like ChatGPT are trained on vast amounts of stolen data. What’s worse, it’s all justified as a public good. They call it “efficient infringement”. So, why are they allowed to get away with it? And what can be done about it? Also, the Living Building Challenge – it’s about building better construction and healthier communities; and a call for greater focus on prevention in dealing with domestic violence.
Considering unintended consequences is the new crucial skill for the 21th century
The complexities of oversimplification
The Circular Economy approach – thinking systemically about the environment
Should you pay to drive into your city centre — for the sake of the climate?
Rethinking productivity and the pushback to shareholder capitalism
Acoustic restoration of ecosystems — how the sound of love helps animals return to old habitats
Air conditioning: keeping us cool but making the planet hotter
Algorithmic Intimacy – self-love, liability and babies as click bait
Self-destructive behaviour — the enemy within
The first ever drop in global energy sector emissions; and the battle for our brains
Should individuals bear the largest burden for climate action?
Cory Doctorow: Platform capitalism and the curse of "enshittification"
A new lifeline for local news
How Japan is redefining its military defence
Can mining the ocean floor go ahead without regulations?
Designing buildings for disasters
Robots + bees = pollination
Advanced AI – are we repeating the mistakes of the past?
Falling in love with an app! When Anthropomorphism, making things too human like, goes wrong
How the world could end – take two
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