Are social platforms a bit like fossil energy after all?
I never subscribed to narrative that Data is the New Oil — i.e. it’s highly valuable and a tradable commodity. Nor that it’s like oil in that it…
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Things that caught my attention
A few things that caught my attention over the last week or so. Some of them appear pretty wild even for 21st century standards, but I guess that’s…
A limit of openness: Controlling data flows
Openness has been a founding pillar of the web: open source, open data, free culture all have been driving forces for a thriving internet. Increasingly, we’re seeing the…
On Controlling “Your Data”
For years now, we’ve discussed variations of the question “who owns my data?” And alas, we didn’t get very far, for several reasons: The most economic value of…
Global context collapse / The map imports reality
Globalization + Internet = Real Time Context Collapse. The double punch of globalization and ubiquitous internet access have collapsed context. There are no more future places. For example,…
Interview: IG BCE Kompakt “Technologie darf Menschen nicht diskriminieren”
The IG BCE’s magazine Kompakt interviewed me about IoT, AI and why simple solutions so often are inappropriate for complex issues: The interview is in German, available as…
Underexposed: The Internet of Sneaky Things
Underexposed: The Internet of Sneaky Things from Peter Bihr My slides from SimplySecure’s excellent Underexposed event in Berlin, to which I was kindly invited to speak. It explores…