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13.03.2019
Rebooting Humanity: Blueprints for 2049Future of EU

An interview with Rosi Braidotti, philosopher, reflecting on technology, inequality and the politics of life itself in a world of artificial meat and surveillance capitalism.

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13.03.2019
Fighting the Backlash: Feminist & LGBTQI+ FuturesJustice

Annabelle Dawson gathers 10 voices looking forward to a Europe in 2049 where the gendered structures of power and violence have crumbled in the face of feminism, awareness and equality.

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13.03.2019
To 2049 and Beyond: A Future History of the InternetSociety, Media and Culture

The story of the next 30 years in cyberspace: reinventing privacy online, Digital Donor Cards and where next for the EU after GDPR.

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13.03.2019
Fast Forward: An die Nachgeborenen (2049)Migration

The Croatian author and philosopher recalls German poet and playwright Bertold Brecht to remind humanity of the untold horrors that inaction leads to.

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13.03.2019
Europe’s Mobility Is About To Be RewrittenGreen Transition

An expert navigation through breakthrough technologies, environmental challenges and their implications for transport, uncovering the role of cities as laboratories for change.

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13.03.2019
Earth, Wind and Solar EnergyClimate and Energy

The editorial team brings you infographics on the potential of renewable energy in 2049, while Daniel Scholten explores the power struggles its rollout will bring.

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13.03.2019
A Future of Fair and Democratic European Central BankingFinance and Economy

A Eurozone expert envisions how a new monetary policy – changing the way we pay, save, tax and spend – could fix the contradictions pulling Europe apart.

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13.03.2019
Global MeansPost-Growth

Sociologist and thinker reinvents the institutions of the liberal global order. Fly through a 30-year rescue of social rights and the environment from the ravages of unbridled globalisation.

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13.03.2019
What to Wear? Why Fast Fashion Is Costing the EarthGreen Transition

A report from Finland on textiles and the clothing industry's future in a circular economy.

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13.03.2019
Unconditional Freedom 2049Welfare and Social Issues

A comic on European basic income and what it meant for one family among millions.

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