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A Game of Tones: Shifting Legal Strategy in the Music Industry
The music industry is like a game of chess; each move can make or break an artist’s career. However, as Taylor Swift has shown, an unexpected strategic shift can sometimes impact more than just other players—it can change the rules of the game
Suburbia, Once a Dream, Now a Nightmare
With North America’s past decision to scale cities horizontally, it may come to bite us in the future. The incredible difficulty of providing reliable public transportation to every single suburban neighbourhood will pose to be an outstanding challenge as governments shift to greener and more sustainable forms of transportation.
The Capital Markets of Love: An Overview
It is undeniable that the dating industry has been fundamentally shaken to its core through the advent of dating apps, which have streamlined and digitized relationships to an unmatched degree across recorded human history.
Spotify Unwrapped
We can assume the basics of the algorithm; if you like one song, you may like a similar one. But how does Spotify define like and how does Spotify define similar? The company has strengthened their understanding of users through multiple business acquisitions —just one stop in uncovering the fundamentals of the algorithm.
The Reality of Mind Control
If advanced brain-computer interfaces were to fulfill their promises, they would revolutionize the healthcare industry and provide a higher standard of living for millions of paraplegics. However, if these interfaces transcend the medical field and become enhancement tools, there are a plethora of implications that must be discussed.
Reeling in the Line: What Will a Deglobalized Future Look Like?
We have seen drastic market downturn due to supply chain issues, the Russia-Ukraine War, US-China tensions, and inflation. But what does this mean for our highly integrated world economy? It represents key events leading to further deglobalization. In fact, globalization peaked during the Global Financial Crisis and has been trending downwards since.
America v. Itself
While one could compile a list of social issues that are birthed from stripping the national right to bodily autonomy, a plethora of economic reasoning can also be leveraged to advocate for the right to choose. Due to the nature of this issue being so vulnerable, and individual beliefs being so strong there is a high level of polarity regarding the debate of abortion.
AI in the Fight Against Climate Change
AI is not the silver bullet in the fight against climate change. All research shows that AI is one of the many innovations the world will require to mitigate and adapt to the effects of a hotter world. One issue limiting the impact of AI is that current AI solutions are disconnected and independently challenging to scale. In future years, look for emerging companies that leverage AI to offer complete climate-based risk assessment
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: A (Brief) Analysis of Our State of Technological Advancement and Innovation in the Public Sector
In a society fuelled by capitalism and driven by profit, how many industries are lacking the benefits of modern technology—decades behind the large waves of advancement—due to little to no profit potential and low demand? Acknowledging the various incentives, capabilities, and barriers, that form the source of innovation inequity is the first step in working towards more holistic (and conscious) innovation.
AI and Physics: Hand-in-Hand Advancements
Complex problems require innovative and creative solutions, and the union of physics and artificial intelligence provides the necessary building blocks for uncovering powerful answers. The most difficult situations may still be yet to come, but with continuous breakthroughs in science and technology, researchers will have many tools and techniques at their fingertips.