Challenges for governance in the Internet of Things
I’d like to share 3 short stories that demonstrate just a few of the challenges of governance for IoT. 1) In the fall of 2016 Facebook, Twitter, Netflix…
Tag: politics
Net Neutrality Begone: Startups, stay out of Europe (for now)
A few days ago, the EU passed legislation around Net Neutrality that in name should have guaranteed net neutrality, but in the legal text has such huge loop…
The key to a truly smart city is decentralization
Earlier this year, as preparation for some research & policy input for the German government, we dug into the current state of research around connected cities. The lense…
I’m becoming an e-citizen of Estonia
I had been vaguely aware of Estonia’s initiative e-Estonia, in which people from around the world could sign up for a sort of e-citizenship for this most technologically…
Lowering regulatory barriers for startups in exchange for access to data?
Nick Grossmann posted this very interesting piece: “Here’s the solution to the Uber and Airbnb problems — and no one will like it” that’s full of points worth…
Thoughts on the smart city
Over the last few months, I once more had the chance to work on smart city-related topics. (I say once more because it’s been a while since I…
Questioning the Euro tech narratives
There’s a been a lot (a lot!) of talk about Europe’s, and particularly Germany’s, take on digitization and tech innovation. Sometimes using the Industry 4.0 terminology (connected factories…