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Why Academic Research Should Be Freely Available to All

This week, the University of California announced that they cancelled the Elsevier subscription for academic journals. Elsevier refused to lower their fees and make UC articles open access available. This is a significant move as the University of California is one of the biggest producers of academic articles – with 50.

The f(x) = e^x | Academic Research Should Be Freely Available to All

Science drives innovation. Unfortunately, scientific knowledge is locked behind closed doors. The current system requires academics to publish in high impact journals. This is inefficient knowledge sharing. It is slow, bureaucratic and requires academics to give away their copyright.

To Save Innovation, We Need to Change Science

Science’s primary activity is discovery. It aims to explain how the world works and we can use that knowledge to change our world. To do so, over the centuries, the scientific method was developed, and it has proven its value. It helps us answer practical, but often important, questions.

Why Datafication is Key for the Organisation of Tomorrow

Imagine, it is Friday afternoon, and after a long week at work, you and your colleagues decide to go to the bar to unwind and refresh with a nice cool glass of beer. You go to your favourite pub and upon reaching the bar order a few pints. However, instead

The f(x) = e^x | Why Datafication is Key for the Organisation of Tomorrow

Transforming your organisation into a data organisation requires data above all. To achieve that, the first step is to datafy your organisation. Datafication is the process of making a business data-driven, by transforming social action into quantified data.

How to Control AI that Becomes Too Advanced?

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming more advanced. One of the organisations working on AI is OpenAI; the not-for-profit artificial intelligence research organisation co-founded by Elon Musk. Last week, they produced a paper demonstrating the progress they have made on predictive text software. The AI that they developed,

The f(x) = e^x | Too Advanced AI

This week's f(x) = e^x newsletter discusses AI that becomes too advanced, elite investors using AI and deep learning requiring a new language.

How Security Tokens Could Change Liquidity and Transform the World’s Economy

Traditionally, assets such as real estate, collectables and art have been relatively illiquid. This means that the asset cannot be easily bought or sold in the market. If an investor wants to sell a $100 million building, it usually will take some time before the investor has the money, if

How Security Tokens Could Change Liquidity

Traditionally, assets such as real estate, collectables and art have been relatively illiquid. Even if you decide to sell today and have a buyer, it can take weeks or months before you have your money.

Why Ricardian contracts, not Smart Contracts, are Blockchain’s Killer Application

Smart contracts have been dubbed the killer application of distributed ledger technology. Within every industry, smart contracts will provide significant efficiency benefits. They will reduce transaction times between stakeholders from weeks to minutes or seconds. Especially within global supply chains, smart contracts will kickstart data-enabled collaboration. They can offer

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