Quick Thoughts on the Metaverse
For some time now, the term metaverse has been the hottest buzz word in tech, giving even stalwarts like blockchain and NFTs a run for their money. All…
Category: policy
Tech Policy: Time to Level Up
Tech policy and regulation is notoriously tricky. This is an area that has many complex technological aspects to contend with, that is inherently international (not always totally, but…
Digital Transformation, German Government Edition
Note: This expands on a longer Twitter thread of mine. It’s utterly fascinating to hear German politics discover digital transformation as a key priority now. For literally 2…
What Can Designers Learn From Political Science?
As part of ThingsCon‘s RIOT Report — our annual essay collection about the State of Responsible Internet of Things — I wrote an article drawing parallels between the challenges we…
6 Investment Hypotheses for Foundations & Public Funding Organizations
A lot of institutional funding goes to established partners and towards well-understood problems. And that’s good! But it also leaves some critical blank spots that are underfunded — especially…
New article: On Open Source Hardware and Public Interest Technology
Over at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society‘s Digital Society Blog, a new article I co-wrote with Dr. Stephan Bohn and Prof. Dr. Hendrik Send just went…
New offer: Remote sessions for foundation leaders and policy makers around tech & societal issues
In 2021, I’m offering remote workshops as well as discreet consultation sessions for policy makers, investment managers in foundations and public funding bodies, and public sector managers to…