Reading time: 7 minutes The imposition of Hong Kong’s Extradition Bill in the summer of 2019 caused dozens of protests during which millions of Hongkongers marched in the name of democracy. And while the [ … ]
Category: TiL Rundown
The TiL Rundown is where we analyze current and future trends in society, technology, inovation and culture: a column tailored for those of you seeking to be constantly ahead of time.
The Dawn of the Commercial Space Age
Reading time: 8 minutes Space is the ultimate frontier for business, and the evolution of the space economy suggests that a new commercial space age is taking shape. Technological advances are redefining the economics [ … ]
Protests and the Future of Protesting Post Covid-19
Reading time: 10 minutes In the past few years, the international scene has been widely dominated by large-scale social movements and protests. Worldwide, people have organized to demand justice, change or voice opposition against [ … ]
A Digital Revolution: A New Emerging Era
Reading time: 5 minutes 5G, big data, artificial intelligence, governmental surveillance; it is as if someone was narrating a story from the future, a series of events from another reality, occurring perhaps in some [ … ]
The crisis of today and the politics of tomorrow
Reading time: 6 minutes Bertolt Brecht believed that Man doesn’t learn from history. Catastrophic events, whether man-made or not, are doomed to repeat themselves. In his brilliant and provoking masterpiece Mother Courage and Her Children, [ … ]