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  • The Cambrian Explosion of Identity

    The Cambrian Explosion of Identity

    I have been thinking about “digital” (identity) for a while. Way back in 2003, I got infected by the digital identity virus at Microsoft in a research project related to the launch of the Belgian Electronic Identity (eID) card, a project that led to executive sponsorship of Mr. Bill Gates himself and meeting forward thinkers… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 11 Feb 2019

    Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 11 Feb 2019

      Edition-136 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About a status quo with no illusion of ethics, morals, or humanity: maintaining this status quo is the core operating model of global management consultancies like McKinsey. By @jharche https://jarche.com/2019/02/extracting-human-value/ Like the medium is the message,… Read more

  • Mario Klingemann’s neural network art

    Mario Klingemann’s neural network art

    Artist Mario Klingemann’s groundbreaking piece of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generates a never-ending real-time stream of original art. I found this mesmerizing video, where the artist explains how it works:   “If you hear somebody play the piano, would you ever say “the piano is the artist”? No. Same thing here: just because it is a… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 4 Feb 2019

    Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 4 Feb 2019

      Edition-135 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! A brain-frying review (long read) by Evgeny Morozov of Shoshana Zuboff’s new book on “surveillance capitalism”. Take the time to read and let it sink in. It will be worth your time:… Read more

  • Big data and surveillance in cities: convenience vs tracking

    Big data and surveillance in cities: convenience vs tracking

    Sidewalk Labs is Google’s / Alphabet Inc.’s urban innovation organisation. Its goal is to improve urban infrastructure through technological solutions, and tackle issues such as cost of living, efficient transportation and energy usage (Wikipedia). Looking at their website, it’s full of ambitious goals: reimagining cities to improve quality of life, people-centered design, street safety, affordable housing,… Read more

  • Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 28 Jan 2019

    Petervan’s Delicacies – Week 28 Jan 2019

    Edition-134 of Delicacies. As usual, max 5 articles that I found interesting and worth re-reading. Handpicked, no robots. Minimalism in curation. Enjoy! About power and responsibility in creating alternate synthetic minds. A philosophical take by Susan Schneider: https://www.edge.org/conversation/susan_schneider-the-future-of-the-mind About the wrestle of business leaders to stay honest with themselves or to give in to greed… Read more