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The Grand Duchy of the Former Ban

In the Grand Duchy of the Previous Ban, it all began with two wise laws. The first banned social media for under-16s. The second banned screens for under-threes. No one protested: who on earth would defend screens, social media, or children’s exposure to such influences? The Minister for Universal Protection,...

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Stefano Epifani

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From the Palantir to the phantom traffic jam

Because the problem is not the All-Seeing Eye. It is the highway that blocks itself. For years we have been...

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Four strings for a world that cannot play

I have been working on the subject of communities (digital and otherwise) for over twenty years, and I have learnt...

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Cyril Burt, studies on hereditary intelligence and how to invent...

The encounter between a crackpot theory and Nazi eugenic theories When we speak of scientists, we imagine authoritative researchers working...

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Digital Sustainability? It must be measurable: the ANAS vision

Digital transformation is not a simple introduction of new technologies: it is a revolution in meaning. It is radically changing...

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UNI 11621-8: professional profiles that make IA governable

With the publication of UNI 11621-8, Italy takes a concrete step towards a structured management of Artificial Intelligence. Clear competences,...

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The permanent party. Neil Postman was McLuhan’s pupil. He understood...

McLuhan said: the medium is the message. Postman added: yes! And the message is changing us into something we did...