Voter Tests Are Plain Dumb
Impractical, litigious and unwise! Occasionally someone dusts off an old bad idea and presents it as bold reform: What if voters had to pass a test before casting a ballot? Perhaps a…
Prabhát Saḿgiita — Some Salient Features and Musical Expression of Neohumanism
What is the significance of the name Prabhát Saḿgiita? From the name, apparently one would conclude that this school of music has been named after its composer, Prabhát Ranjan Sarkar.…
Emerging Technologies in Creative Industries – Are They Sustainable and Ethical?
Digital technologies to empower artists by decentralising commercial operations and reducing dependence on intermediaries Introduction Emerging technologies used in relation to creative industries include blockchain systems, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and…
Responsibility in Generative AI for Inaccurate/Insensitive Outputs from Use of Low-Resource Languages
Low-resource language communities themselves should not be burdened with the primary obligation to correct harms arising, and imposed on them, from GAI systems. Generative artificial intelligence (GAI) is a form…
Anti-Exploitation Sentiment and Need for Positive Vision
The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement took place in the USA in 2011. It captured public imagination, spread rapidly across hundreds of cities, and briefly suggested the possibility of systemic…
What values would govern the use of blockchain ledger technology in cooperative economic contexts?
Some preliminary thoughts and ideas – what evolves remains to be seen! An idealised decentralised blockchain ledger system is a distributed network in which no single authority controls the record…
Value of blockchain tokens – why?
When belief, scarcity and control converge in code, even numbers begin to behave like 'things' Tokens are units of value or rights recorded on a blockchain. They can include cryptocurrencies…
Subsidiarity over Hegemony in Global Governance
Subsidiarity: the idea that decisions should be made at the lowest effective level, with higher authorities stepping in where necessary and more effective There is an old temptation to think…
Entobunsui – the circular water divider as a smart contract for water rights
The development of the Entobunsui circular water divider in early 20th-century Japan can be seen as a way of stabilising usufructuary rights through technological design. A common characteristic of a…
U.S. Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act
Regulation of Blockchain Securities, Commodities and Stablecoins The Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R. 3633), commonly known as the CLARITY Act, represents the most significant attempt by the…