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THE OBSERVATORY

Research on the technologies, institutions and concepts changing the vocabulary of the future.

TECHNOLOGY / IDENTITY

WHO OWNS A DIGITAL TWIN?

On ownership, representation and liability in simulated selves.

OBSERVATIONS

DIGITAL AFTERLIFE / LEGACY

THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF YOUR DIGITAL LIFE

How digital estates, archives and identities are handled posthumously.

TECHNOLOGY / IDENTITY

THE COPYRIGHT PROBLEM WITH A FACE

Image rights, biometric identifiers and the problem of synthetic likeness.

NEUROTECHNOLOGY / RIGHTS

YOUR BRAIN IS NOT A PASSWORD

Neural data, identity and the problem of authentication.

BIOLOGICAL COMPUTING

THE COMPUTER MADE OF LIVING THINGS

What happens when computation moves beyond conventional hardware and into biological systems.

A QUESTION WORTH WATCHING

AUTOMATION / LABOUR

WHEN AI BECOMES A WORKER, DOES IT NEED A UNION?

Collective bargaining, automation and the language of labour.

FIELD NOTES

A practical research library for understanding domains, domain investing, valuation and the discipline of acquiring digital assets.

THE FUTURE WILL NEED NEW WORDS.

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