The man who bought everything
Masayoshi Son has amassed eye-popping wealth through relentless acquisition and unquenchable optimism.
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Bill Gates: the Optimist’s Dilemma
The philanthropist has been fighting global disease for 25 years. He believes the world is at a dangerous tipping point.
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The productivity paradox redux
From Whitehall to the town hall, technology continues to frustrate.
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How Telegram fosters online extremism
The under-regulated platform lacks transparency. The Southport riots remind us why this matters.
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Trapped by apps
Thanks to the digitisation of everyday essentials, we waste a far greater proportion of our lives on admin than our…
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Are girls “growing up too fast” online?
Viral videos of pre-teens documenting their skincare regimes and “love lives” have sparked a moral panic.
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Gaza and the new digital divide
A widening generation gap is polarising online news audiences – and coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has made the rift…
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Inside the fight for smartphone-free childhoods
A rising number of parents want to ban under-16s from owning smartphones: “If it’s impossible for adults to regulate their…
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Germany is on the brink of economic decline
Digital investment is being cut and industry is stuck in the past, in a country where the fax machine still…
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How Big Tech rewired childhood
Jonathan Haidt’s The Anxious Generation shows how smartphones have damaged the teenage mind – and urges us to fight back.
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The wisest investment in your child is not giving them a smartphone
Preserving your child’s ability to focus confers a competitive advantage.
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The best New Statesman Ideas essays of 2023
Our pick of the finest writing from the past year.
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To catch a catfish
How one detective took on an international network of romance fraudsters.
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Will Labour grasp the opportunities of new technology?
As artificial intelligence rapidly advances, Keir Starmer must strike a balance between innovation and regulation.
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Sam Bankman-Fried and the effective altruism delusion
Will the idealist philosophy survive the conviction of its crypto king?
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Why streamlining digital services is key to solving the NHS productivity puzzle
The burden of transformation shouldn’t lie with NHS staff – the private sector can help to improve operational processes and…
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How digital innovation can unlock a healthier future
The rapid advancement of technology must be used to fight disease.
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To realise the UK’s offshore wind potential, we must strengthen our electricity grid
Embracing renewable energy to meet net-zero targets is reliant on a better connected energy grid with greater capacity.
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How your IT can help the planet
As organisations look to more sustainable ways of operating, efficient technology can be the key to cutting e-waste and emissions.
Labour can’t prop up a crumbling settlement
In this moment of flux we need agile thinkers and campaigners to ensure what emerges is egalitarian and democratic.
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