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Global Media Forum: Deutsche Welle connected us
Written by Oleg Shynkarenko
My German trip started 4 days before the Global Media Forum opening ceremony, because Deutsche Welle invited me to a workshop on digital storytelling organized by the famous Grimme-Institute. I met our teachers Annette Schneider and Guido Kowalski in the hotel lobby. We had a talking at the dinner about […]
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Health Care Fraud in a Broken System
Written by Samuel Chapman
Part 1 in a 2 Part Series The news is awash with headlines that paint a grim picture of healthcare in the United States. From the politicizing of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) to the Veteran Affairs scandal, and now new reports that rank the US dead last in […]
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One Algorithm to Rule Them All – The Consequences of Big Data, Nudging and Advances in AI
Written by Jens Wiechers
In 2008, a formal proposal was presented to the Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London, asking to make the Anthropocene, the age of man, a formal geological epoch. However, with the exponential growth of computing power and the increases in algorithmic intelligence, it seems far more likely that […]
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Nightfall in Nigeria, starring Boko Haram
Written by Chioma Agwuegbo
When Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali wrote the classic ‘Nightfall in Soweto’, perhaps he had peeked far into the future and seen the exact similarities between his protagonist and Boko Haram in all their deviousness. When he wrote, “a murderous hand, lurking in the shadows, clasping the dagger, strikes down the helpless […]
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Pacific warriors refuse to drown, take a stand on climate change
Written by Arnold Chanel
As the world grapples with hot debates, climate change deniers and campaigners – there are those of us taking a stand and acting on climate change. A group of Pacific youth are refusing to allow rising sea levels to force them out of their homes and have taken up arms […]
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Social Inequality in Brazil: The People, Politics and the World Cup
Written by Future Challenges team
This post was written by Victoria Livingstone and posted on Fair Observer. You can find the original post here. Brazilians are unified in their frustration with the government before the World Cup. On May 20, bus drivers in São Paulo, Brazil’s biggest city, went on strike, closing 11 major terminals and […]
