The Knowledge That Cannot Be Bought
Civil Society | Geopolitics | Global Ethics | International Institutions | Society | The Accountability Vacuum
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Governments can rebuild budgets and reopen institutions. Rebuilding trust is far more difficult. This article explores how the dismantling of diplomacy, development cooperation, and other instruments of soft power creates an accountability vacuum, eroding relationships, institutional memory, and influence that have taken decades to build.
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Building a Generation of Second Hand Thinkers
Every year I spend in education, I become more convinced we’re confusing efficiency with learning. AI can be a powerful tool, but what happens when it starts replacing the very struggle that teaches us to think? Somewhere along the way, we’ve stopped asking how to protect learning and started asking how to automate it.
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The PDF That Called Home
What should be a simple local action became something else. Opening a PDF revealed that my software was communicating with its manufacturer during what appeared to be a purely local task. The experience prompted a broader reflection on digital sovereignty, user consent, and the growing distance between people and the tools they use.
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WhatsApp Incognito
Meta has embedded an AI assistant into one of the world’s most trusted messaging platforms — and connected it to a commercial ecosystem built around data collection. WhatsApp Incognito Chat may be technically sophisticated. But the business model stays the same.