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Alex Pentland is Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, and Director of the Media Lab Entrepreneurship Program, at MIT Media Lab. He is the author of Social Physics: Lessons from a New Science.

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Living Big Data

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May 27, 2014 Alex Pentland imagines communities guided by rich streams of real-time information.

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A Tale of Two Realities

Apr 20, 2018 Javier Solana worries that technological and economic changes are overwhelming political leaders' capacity to manage them.

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Who Cares About Big Tech’s Displaced Workers?

Apr 20, 2018 Mordecai Kurz explains how IT innovation is boosting corporate monopoly power and, with it, wage stagnation and inequality.

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Germany’s Populist Temptation

Apr 19, 2018 Sławomir Sierakowski laments the Christian Social Union's turn to the right since the federal elections last year.

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The West’s Crisis of Confidence

Apr 19, 2018 Carl Bildt worries that the two countries most responsible for creating the postwar global order are now abandoning it.

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No Blank Check for Development Banks

Apr 19, 2018 Kevin P. Gallagher & Jörg Haas want to compel the World Bank and its partner institutions to commit to climate-friendly infrastructure.

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Missile Strikes Are Not a Syria Strategy

Apr 19, 2018 Richard N. Haass thinks the latest US, British, and French attack failed to achieve even the tactical goal of deterrence.

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The “Next Eleven” and the World Economy

Apr 18, 2018 Jim O'Neill assesses the economic potential of the bloc of countries coming in the wake of the BRICs.

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Should We Really Care About Inequality?

Apr 18, 2018 Jason Furman questions whether policymakers should be concerned with balancing economic growth and inequality.

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