Angela Merkel has called for a rigorous implementation of existing Urheberrecht principles and regulations online. I expressed by strong support for the protection of intellectual property online at a conference on the Internet and Human Rights, held at the German...
It’s a very striking painting of a lady, full of determination, in a black-green gown, turning away from the viewer, but only just, into a future with her husband, the painter Claude Monet. This is certainly not a happy painting. There is little hope in it. The...
On two consecutive nights during the holidays, I watched two films that turned out to be like Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde in addressing two sides of human ambition, erudition (or lack thereof), creation – and looking at Versailles. Bavarian King Ludwig II and David Siegel...
MIT Social Studies professor Sherry Turkle has a point. And she continues to remind us of the predicament we’re in: all too often, we are “alone together”. We think we are with our friends while all we do is stare at a screen. In her own terms:...
Scheduling meetings across time zones is difficult. Be honest — how many times has someone in a different time zone been waiting for a call from you, patiently at first, and then more and more annoyed? The reason why you didn’t call was not that you are a...
As many of you know, I am working on a book about friendship, and the issue of friendship and technology will feature prominently. Some initial thoughts are included in my 2011-in-review article on “Tranströmer, Gaddafi, Büchner” which will be coming out...
