Technological Advancements These times of exponential technological advancements, in both soft- and hardware, allow us to create AI’s (Artificial Intelligence) that have not been thought possible...
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Echo- The Filter Bubble
The term is coined by Eli Pariser, who explains what it is in-depth in his TED Talk. The phenomenon was discussed in a previous DMSC class,...
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We open it and the sparkle reflects in our eyes. The life seems perfect. We want to absorb the beauty, the endless beauty. We scroll down...
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Humans Are Social Animals “We, as humans, are social animals.” This is a phrase that I have been hearing since middle school. I have learned that...
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In the field of history, GIS (Geographic Information System) is a well-known type of software. Already the term HGIS (the extra H stands for historical) is...
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‘Tis the season to be jolly get into heated debates over questionable refereeing decisions and scrutinise every playmaking move – butI’m not talking about your typical Super...
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If someone comes up to you and asks you to picture an art thief in your mind, your first reaction is probably something along the lines...
Continue reading...Opinion: Something Old, Something New
Life in 2019 is living in the digital age. We have never been as technologically advanced as in this very moment and most of us interact...
Continue reading...The Scale of the Greta-Effect
Today, on September 23rd, the United Nations Climate Action Summit is currently taking place in New York City following a weekend of global protests like never...
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Who would that be? I am talking about Elon Musk. Elon Musk can be seen as one of the most influential persons of the 21st century...
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The Rise of Crowdsourcing
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Dystopian future? China’s social credit system and the surveillance state
Since the People’s Republic of China announced in 2014 that they will launch a new system that is supposed to make sure it’s citizens and corporations...
Continue reading...Music: The Good, the Bad or the Same?
Music is and always has been a near-constant in my life. Back in the olden days of cassettes I had a lot of fun playing with...
Continue reading...Did we unlearn to be bored?
We are not even fully awake and already grasping our phone to check social media. We are immediately turning on the radio or the television to...
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Behind the Screens : the Horrors of Facebook
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EU’re a Bit of a Mess.
Cross my heart and hope to die, I was going to write something meaningful and thought-provoking for this blogpost. The surge in racist attacks on footballers’...
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The Digital Database and How It Affects Our Place in Society
One of the largest contributing factors in the evolution of society within the digital age is the use of digital databases and archives. The Internet, seen...
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