Planet
Technology
The Costs of Digital Utopia
Evgeny Morozov
What if the costs of sticking to the “there is no alternative” agenda of techno-capitalism are considerably higher than we have assumed?
Technology
Under the Cloud
Alec MacGillis
The story of how Amazon developed its digital platform in the cloud and its impact on different regions.
Technology
Kyle Chayka: “The platform connects us but also homogenizes our tastes”
Àlex Hinojo
We talk to the journalist about minimalism and how this trend affects us when it comes to relating to the world that surrounds us.
Technology
Confusing The Machine: Art, Masks and Facial Recognition
Ferran Esteve
Masks have been used by artists and activists as a tool for offering resistance against facial recognition systems.
Planet
Whitehead and Today’s Worlds
Ignasi Torrent
The renewed wave of interest in Alfred North Whitehead has revived a number of ideas that are still able to disentangle the complexities and uncertainties of our world.
Storytelling
Judith Schalansky: “Our planet is also an island in the known universe”
Juan Insua
We delve into the worlds of a writer of unclassifiable works that give wing to our imaginations.
Planet
Pollution Topologies. Can Extinction Have Measure?
Selena Savić
A parable on extinction and pollution and how they can be measured.
Commons
Technology
Rethinking AI: Distributed Cognition and Expanded Corporeality
Toni Navarro | Alejandra López Gabrielidis
A defence of AI as a commons and of the need to collectively intervene in its development.
Commons
New Vectors from Xenofeminism
Laboria Cuboniks
A defence of reasoning, which allows feminism to work at different scales of complexity.
Storytelling
Boris Lehman: “For me, life and film are indivisible”
Celeste Araújo
We talk to the filmmaker about his particular understanding of film, inextricably entwined with his life.
Commons
Cognitive Short-Sightedness, Biases and Survival
Liliana Arroyo
Our decisions are modulated by cognitive biases that affect our perception, decision-making and memory.
Technology
Can Algorithms Be Fairer Than People?
Karma Peiró | Ricardo Baeza-Yates
What degree of trust should we place in machines and how much consideration should we give to professional expertise?