Is there such a thing as mental capitalism where the digital transformation of information and entertainment tends to make them worthless? Is mindful consciousness the new sought-after resource, and is there an area where this focused attention can become a currency that can be actively cultivated? If so, what challenges do we face and how can digitisation increase our intellectual autonomy? In the latest of her Duet interviews, Dr Caldarola, author of Big Data and Law, and Prof. Dr Thomas Metzinger, the well-known philosopher and academic, discuss whether digital sovereignty and mental autonomy are related.

Just how free and independent are the media? Are the social network platforms now the ones who are calling the shots? Is there still a way for media companies to hold their ground by means of their newspapers, magazines, and online offers? In her Duet interview with Dr Rieke Harmsen, Dr Caldarola, author of Big Data and Law, discusses the current influence of digitisation on journalism and media. Read on — https://www.duet-interviews.com/q8q

From a Chinese perspective, data is a production factor on par with land, labour and capital. Shanghai’s first data exchange is one of the earliest examples of this new production factor being implemented. It aims at making the collection and sale of data transparent and at enabling companies which collect…

Despite the fact that digital business models have created an unprecedented amount of shareholder value in the last decade, they are taxed at a surprisingly low level in the countries where they have the most customers. This has become the subject of heated public debate and has led to a…

The digital development in medicine has been rapid and is reminiscent of Huxley’s “Brave new world”. Be it the digital health card or file, data donations for cancer research, the various health apps, the many digital prostheses that communicate with nerve tracts or even medication that can be interfaced with our smartphone, depending on whatever physical changes have taken place, one thing is certain: The medical field is being transformed. But just how secure are these systems? What risk do hackers pose?

The future of work is going to be characterised by keywords, such as big data, automation, standardisation, job losses, the gap between rich and poor, the crumbling of the social market economy and many more similar terms. Is an unconditional basic income the key to innovation, an increase in GDP…

Well-known people such as Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Pope Leo VIII, Bismarck and Professors Röpke and Böckenförde claim that a market only works in a society of moral subjects because all human beings carry an impartial onlooker within themselves who makes itself felt when s/he does something unethical. With the…

If we accept Pablo Picasso’s provocative but remarkable statement that “good artists copy, but great artists steal…” then Big Data provides us with more opportunities “to steal”. The problem is then a matter of choice and decision. How does this align with Harold Bloom’s theory of intertextuality and the “anxiety of influence”? In the latest of her Duet series of interviews, Dr Caldarola, author of Big Data and Law, and Christian Monjou M. Phil (Oxon.), connoisseur of art and bridge builder between art and management, consider what impact the digital revolution will have on art and innovation.

Technology is coming closer and closer to the essential and personal affairs of human beings. Whether it be biotechnology, medicine or digital applications and apps that record and impact our daily interactions, they all influence humans as a collective as well as individuals when decisions are made. The call for ethics is growing louder and louder. The pandemic has led to increased ethical debates surrounding the big questions of if, and, if so, which ethical understanding will guide humanity, how ethics will affect future developments in the digital age and how ethical values can and should be respected.