To Imagine the Future, We Must Confront the Past

COVID-19's impact isn't just physical, it's societal. While the medical community focuses on research, prevention and treatment, Susan Etlinger argues that we must also build capacity across multiple domains simultaneously.

In this episode of the Big Tech podcast, Emily Bell explains how social media platforms have siphoned ad revenue from newspapers and supported the spread of fake news.

For the first time, we can measure what the global public thinks on any issue in almost real time. In the time of COVID-19, Darrell Bricker writes, scientists and their statistics rule the world.

Credible performance standards are the last line of defence to embed security into Internet of Things devices. But who should take the lead in cybersecurity standards development? Michel Girard explains.

Forecasting is always difficult, but in the middle of a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, it is almost impossible. In this article, Beatrice Weder di Mauro offers two scenarios for our medical, social and economic futures.

Jul. 21 – 11:00 a.m. EDT (UTC–04:00): In this fourth and final session of the International Grand Committee summer series, experts will discuss the governance challenges associated with private, transnational social media platforms that enable both the positive and negative aspects of our modern information ecosystem. This event is by invitation only. If you are interested in learning more, please contact us at [email protected].