Technology & Ethics
The Machine and the Mirror
Exploring how our creations reflect our values, choices, and responsibilities.
The Kill Switch Economy: What Happens When Devices Outlive Their Licenses?
You buy a car, but its software license expires. You own a phone, but the manufacturer disables it remotely when…
Do Algorithms Deserve Transparency, or Do Citizens Deserve Obscurity?
In the debate over artificial intelligence, “transparency” has become the gold standard. Policymakers demand that algorithms reveal how they make…
Pandemic Patrimony: Who Owns the Cures After Global Crises?
By Dr. Amara VossWhen the first COVID-19 vaccines were authorized, syringes carried more than medicine—they carried the weight of ownership….
Prophets of the Algorithm: When Prediction Feels Like Divination
In the ancient world, kings consulted oracles before battle. Priests read entrails, astrologers charted the heavens, and prophets cast visions…
The Last Password: When Biometric Identity Can’t Be Changed
A forgotten password can be reset. A stolen credit card can be cancelled. But what happens when the key to…
Rights for Robots, Duties for Designers?
If a machine acts, who bears the blame? The programmer who wrote its code? The company that deployed it? Or,…
Genomic Firewalls: Who Decides Which DNA Gets Protected?
The double helix was once imagined as humanity’s shared blueprint — a universal language that transcended borders. Today, however, the…
Amnesty for Algorithms: Should Code Be Forgiven Like Humans?
When a human being commits a crime, societies debate whether rehabilitation is possible. Can the wrongdoer change? Should they be…
Digital Habeas Corpus: Do We Still Own Our Data Selves?
A century ago, courts debated whether the state could detain a body without due process. Today, the question looks eerily…
The Crypto-Cathedral: When Markets Masquerade as Faith
In a converted warehouse in Lisbon, hundreds of people stand in rapture before a glowing ticker screen. Prices scroll where…
Pandemic Patents: Who Owns the Cure in a Borderless Crisis?
When the next pandemic strikes, the question of who lives and who waits may hinge less on hospital capacity than…
Moral Debt: Do Nations Owe Future Generations Reparations?
Every nation makes promises to the future—through constitutions, treaties, or climate pledges. But promises can be broken, and debts can…