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Author Archives: davidsprott
Brexit gets Personal
In today’s world talk is cheap and words often mean nothing. In Theresa May’s speech on future UK-EU relations 2 March, she said referring to the EU, “We know what we want. We understand your principles. We have a shared … Continue reading
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We have just crossed a threshold – it’s time to fix Facebook, Twitter et al.
We have crossed a threshold where technology Facebook et al are facilitating fixed elections and genocide. It’s time to act. Continue reading
Was Hurricane Ophelia Damage Avoidable?
This week Ex-Hurricane Ophelia directly struck Ireland causing widespread damage and chaos. This is regarded as an exceptional event, the worst storm in recorded Irish history. The National Emergency Coordination Group (NECG) were reported in the Irish Examiner as saying, … Continue reading
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Do we really need MORE democracy? Is consent of the people a recipe for instability?
I was intrigued to see today that as Jean-Claude Junker addressed the European Parliament he was heckled by Nigel Farage who said, “what was being proposed was more Europe in every single direction… without the consent of the people”. It … Continue reading
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It’s time to exert governance over the the Global Tech Leaders!
Nearly 20 years ago, in my research work I and colleagues identified the IT platform companies as implementing a radical new business model that would be profoundly transformational in many dimensions, in terms of potential for astonishing levels of growth, … Continue reading
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Terrorism requires new thinking about Technology in Society
The abominable attacks in the UK, France and Germany are clearly unacceptable; but the responses of both security services and political leaders are completely inadequate to these types of threat. Today we hear that one of the London Bridge attackers … Continue reading
Technology and Society – Problem or Opportunity
In economics Kondratiev waves (or supercycles) are cycle-like phenomena in the modern world. [1] Initially identified in 1925 as major economic cycles by Nikolai Kondratiev, Joseph Schumpeter suggested in 1939 naming the cycles “Kondratieff waves” in his honor. The theory … Continue reading
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