The Fluid Society

Who controls the world with AI?

No one can do without digital tools anymore. Life in today’s society has become impossible without them. Whether you use your smartphone to send a message, gather information, take a photo, or join a meeting: of the more than eight billion people on earth, two-thirds owned a smartphone in 2023, which is used daily, often… Continue reading Who controls the world with AI?

The Digital Black Hole

This article is an update of the article with the same title from 21 October 2019. Introduction. The world is rapidly digitalising, and as a result, it is increasingly being controlled—perhaps even dominated—by digital systems, backed by parties that develop, use, exploit, and manipulate these systems. While many of these parties are useful and legitimate,… Continue reading The Digital Black Hole

Is digitalization our salvation?

Image created using ChatGPT and DALL-E, AI technologies by OpenAI. Three Major Transformations The world is currently in the midst of a number of significant transformations. From Physical to Thinking Being. What’s happening? Humans have been evolving for decades, but now this process is accelerated by digital advancements, from a physical being supported by brains… Continue reading Is digitalization our salvation?

Without Big Tech, Europe falls behind

It is needless to say that developments in the world are increasingly determined by digital progress. This encompasses a wide range of different aspects, from rapid developments in digital services and products to the significant influence of social media on society, from large-scale transformations in almost every industry to spectacular developments such as bitcoins and… Continue reading Without Big Tech, Europe falls behind

The digital- sovereign- Europe-theme group

With a group of four people: Joost van Iersel (former member of Dutch Parliament for the CDA; Senior Advisor at the European Policy Centre), Willem Korteweg (former CIO, former Director of the Leading Edge Forum), Paul Timmers (former Director at the European Commission; Research Associate at Oxford University, Adjunct Professor at the European University Cyprus)… Continue reading The digital- sovereign- Europe-theme group

AI in search engines: a threat or opportunity?

At the moment there is quite some discussion about the pros and cons of AI: Artificial Intelligence. Recently, Microsoft bought ChatGPT an AI system that generates a detailed and reasoned answer based on questions, worded in such a way that it looks like an expert with a lot of knowledge has responded. Microsoft plans to… Continue reading AI in search engines: a threat or opportunity?

Can humanity still save humanity?

There is no denying that the world is currently facing a dramatic situation..We are living in a consumer society that has outgrown its capacity, As a result our natural environment is gradually collapsing.So much so that numerous scientists in the fields of climate, biodiversity, resources and biology, believe that in their areas, the points of… Continue reading Can humanity still save humanity?

Control needed in the digital world

Digital networks. Digital networks are expanding around the world at an unprecedented rate. Every family, association, institute, government, organisation or company creates digital networks in order to communicate, work, exchange information and do business with each other worldwide. Networks of like-minded people who help each other, communicate with each other, share emotions and feelings, emerge… Continue reading Control needed in the digital world

Digital Democracy

On social media numerous discussions are taking place about the influence of Big Tech on society, about the danger of a digital ID that is supposedly being developed through the QR code, about a “Great Reset” that the World Economic Forum is advocating. The fact is that traditional society is being overrun by a digital… Continue reading Digital Democracy

Digital Utilities

This blog is the paragraph on “digital utilities” from the book “The Digital Challenge for Europe Exponential growth and dominance of tech giants There is a lot going on right now around the world’s major tech giants. Approximately 90% of the 70 largest Tech Giants operate from the US and China and dominate almost all… Continue reading Digital Utilities