One of the most tedious remarks made by the older folks when it comes to millennials is that “we have everything at our fingertips, so we...
Continue reading...October 2019
The Video Game Industry, how controversial
With extraordinarily large profits and an ever growing demand, the video game industry is one of the biggest contributors to the economy worldwide. For now, it...
Continue reading...The Past Is Doomed to Recur…
During middle school, my history teacher used to say ‘The past is doomed to recur!’ all the time. Maybe that was only the case for Turkey...
Continue reading...Fake News
At a global workshop on disinformation that started in Taiwan, Taipei on September 10, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scott Busby, who led the US delegation...
Continue reading...Lads, It’s…
Disclaimer: This post was written before the Brighton-Tottenham game, and therefore doesn’t cover that result or Lloris’ injury; the latter of which is, in my opinion,...
Continue reading...My visit to Stroom Den Haag
Just a Sec
Time flies by, doesn’t it? One moment it is only nine ‘o clock in the morning, so you decide to watch all the new episodes that...
Continue reading...Cyberpunk: Fiction or soon to be Reality?
Cyberpunk is a form of science fiction that plays in an oppressive dystopian future ruled by the rise of technology and the malicious ways it can...
Continue reading...DestinyTalks Episode 1: Let’s talk about Tinder.
Join Iman Hasan Slaka, Caressa Betist Thenu and Joseph Thabang Palframan in this podcast exploring the realm of tinder!
Continue reading...The Magical School Bus of the Internet
As a late-nineties baby, I derive this laughable sense of comfort from distinctly remembering a time before the internet was a household necessity. Somehow I am...
Continue reading...Sex Work in the Digital Era 🍆
What is sex work and why should I care? When the topic of sex, sexuality and sex work enters a conversation, different reactions arise. Some argue...
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Online activism: duty or privilege?
Unless you live a life free of social media -in which case I am both astounded and jealous- you have probably been bombarded with information about...
Continue reading...‘Thou shall not cheat’ – said the hacker
Our self-created digital world allows us to shift a lot of our daily lives onto the internet. We do our financials online, we shop online, we...
Continue reading...The Alternative Algorithm and Alternative Realities
The term ‘algorithm’ to many humanities-oriented people may seem like an abstract concept. One might understand it as a theoretical construct, but not necessarily grasp its...
Continue reading...An E-sports World Championship
A human rights issue
I spent a good part of my weekend procrastinating on the Internet trying to come up with something to write for this week’s blog post. I...
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