The consequences of the pandemic seem unlikely to be benign for the future of work. A serious case for hybrid working and circumventing legislature is laid on the table. — The fire that will rage within the post-pandemic will cause germs of inertia and create unexpected winners. One pyrophile plant that might emerge from the fire is legislated remote work. The long-term future of work has changed for the better this year because it has become more digitised. Remote working…

With closed-product cycles and zero net emission propositions by 2050 , the world will need to adapt to be competitive in the green economy. Tom Szaky, founder of Terracycle and Loop, is one of the pioneers in this field and wants to eliminate the idea of waste completely. He shares some of his viewpoints. — One of the depressing factors about the discussions of global warming is that it is politically impossible. It would be odd if a long-standing aversion of nuclear plants or solar panels should prove to be the only political objective any country turns out to put ahead of its commitment to…

Amidst the largest humanitarian crisis in the history of Myanmar, Max Nelen, founder of Agrosolar, is trying to navigate his company through these tough times. — In 1962, Myanmar was one of the richest Asian countries. Fifty years later, it is one of the poorest with a poverty rate of 37.5%. In these 50 years the country has been run by the army (the Tatmadaw) which have an effective veto over any constitutional changes. They appoint…

More and more complaints about the covid vaccine are overridden. Arguably, the collective purchase by the EU of vaccines has eliminated the possibility of a continental torpor on scarce supplies. Regrettably, a lot of people are being left in no-man’s land, unsure how to air their anger, where to aim…

The jeopardy of free speech is legally defined in Section 230 of the Communications Decency act. It states that it is allowed to remove ‘objectionable’ content if it is done in good faith. The fate of Parler, the social media platform, has bumped into America’s political polarization in a way…

Today, the total value of outstanding bitcoins exceeds that of Canadian dollars, defined to include banknotes and central bank reserves. Nevertheless, the dream of early believers that bitcoin might be replacing government money is a little far fetched. Bitcoin is only capable of processing fewer than ten transactions per second…

“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination,” wrote Joseph Addison, an English essayist and poet, “because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.” He was writing in 1712, but…

“Both male and female reindeers grow antlers. But all male reindeers lose their antlers in the fall, well-before Christmas. So Santa’s reindeers, which all sport antlers, are therefore all female, which means Rudolf has been misgendered” — Neil deGrasse Tyson Simple ideas are attractive. A moment of insight, a feeling…

The undeniable strength of data management strategies in today’s business environments is key. I have interviewed Emile Cras, a business analyst building next generation solutions for clients all over Belgium at Semetis, on the hype of data as a service and its differences with data used as a product. Choosing…