The European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) was supposed to be a game-changer in Europe’s quest to tame the titans of cyberspace. However, now that the DMA has come into effect, it appears that it will fall into the same pitfalls as previous EU efforts. Brussels has once again cast too wide a regulatory net, … Read more
Socrates, the ancient Greek philosopher, never wrote things down. He warned that writing undermines memory – that it is nothing more than a memory of a previous thought. Compared to people who discuss and debate, readers will be “hearers of many things and have learned nothing; they will appear omniscient and will generally know nothing.” … Read more
The enormous cargo ships that traverse the world’s oceans sometimes leave behind “trails”: long, wispy clouds that travel across the sky and last for at most a few days before disappearing. These ghost clouds look beautiful, but they are a visible sign of deadly air pollution. They are formed when tiny sulfur dioxide particles belched … Read more
The enormous cargo ships that traverse the world’s oceans sometimes leave behind “trails”: long, wispy clouds that travel across the sky and last for at most a few days before disappearing. These ghost clouds look beautiful, but they are a visible sign of deadly air pollution. They are formed when tiny sulfur dioxide particles belched … Read more