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In many cases, once a robot CEO has been designed and bench tested, shareholders of companies that have suffered from inept management should feel that it could not do any worse than the humans under which their wealth has been eroded and opportunities missed, and would very likely do better.

Why wait 30 years for robot CEOs?

By: EBR | Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Most CEO jobs are as outsourceable as everybody else’s. The incentive is greater too, given the direct savings in salary costs etc.

After beating the extreme-right candidate by 23.8% to 21.5% in the first round, experts estimate that the second-round victor attracted the support of almost all the traditional Socialist Party, Green and centre-right voters.

Macron, the Fifth Republic’s unusual eighth president

By: EBR | Monday, May 8, 2017

Just one year after making his big political gamble, Emmanuel Macron was elected president of France with more than 65% of the vote on Sunday (7 May)

If Macron disappoints in office, as Sarkozy did and as Hollande did as well despite some reforms in the second half of his presidency, France and the EU could end up in a big mess after the next French election in 2022.

The Macron Effect: Can France overtake Germany again?

By: EBR | Monday, May 8, 2017

It’s not a foregone conclusion that Germany always has the upper hand economically over France

Innovation is enabled by the core fact – called neuroplasticity – that the human brain continually changes itself through experience. Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, refers to the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on experience by generating new neurons and by forming new connections between neurons, among other factors. It was believed for a long time that, after a certain age, the brain became “fixed”. Now we know that the brain never stops changing, and that’s why there’s so much interest and hope around ways to harness that neuroplasticity to lead better lives, to enhance our brains, and to delay brain health decline.

Five reasons the future of brain enhancement is digital, pervasive and (hopefully) bright

By: EBR | Friday, May 5, 2017

Elon Musk just detailed his ambitious plans for a new brain-computer interface platform.

The NCRTV now claims that it does not have the proper infrastructure to proceed. Asked what was wrong, NCRTV Vice-President Rodolphos Moronis replied, “Logistical and staff problems. I would not like to continue this conversation.”

How much ‘freedom’ for the Greek media?

By: EBR | Friday, May 5, 2017

As we mark World Press Freedom Day this week, we need more than ever to keep our eyes open.The press is under huge pressure

To transform today’s divisive economies, we need to create economies that are distributive by design – ones that share value far more equitably amongst all those who help to generate it. And thanks to the emergence of network technologies – particularly in digital communications and renewable energy generation – we have a far greater chance of making this happen than any generation before us.

Meet the doughnut: the new economic model that could help end inequality

By: EBR | Friday, May 5, 2017

It’s the “Doughnut” of social and planetary boundaries and it could just turn out to be the compass we need for creating a safe and just 21st century

Trump has blown hot and cold on Europe and NATO. After having urged other EU states to follow Britain’s lead by leaving the EU, Trump now believes that Europe is a “good thing”. NATO appears to have salvaged its reputation after having been denounced as an “obsolete” organisation.

Forget the doomsayers: Trump’s 100 days have been good for Europe

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 2, 2017

US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office have been a breathtaking rollercoaster ride for Americans, but also for many in Europe

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) calculates the extent to which taxes and transfer payments moderate income inequality in its member countries. Their calculations illustrate what economic historian Peter Lindert calls the Robin Hood Paradox, which is that the highest levels of redistribution occur in countries with the least pre-tax inequality. For instance, among OECD countries, the highest levels of redistribution occur in the Scandinavian countries and the lowest in Mexico and Chile.

Thatcher, Reagan and Robin Hood: a history of wealth inequality

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Persistently high rates of income or wealth inequality are bad for social cohesion, political inclusion and crime

It has become common parlance to talk about how BP destroyed the Gulf of Mexico, or pharmaceutical companies misled doctors or banks were to blame for the global financial crisis. But the idea that corporations act as if they are human seems initially quite implausible. Although companies are composed of real people, there is hardly reason to believe that individuals who place themselves into structured groups create a new and separate human-like moral agent with its own beliefs and desires. Can we really identify a corporation or any other business entity as a moral agent that can intend actions and be held accountable for its decisions? Can it act autonomously, form moral judgments and respond in light of those judgments?

Who is responsible for corporate misconduct?

By: EBR | Tuesday, May 2, 2017

With incidents of corporate misconduct never far from the headlines, the philosophical question of whether firms should assume responsibility for individuals’ actions has practical consequences

The skills associated with empathy need to become core values in our homes, our schools and the workplace. They need to be embedded at all levels of society. This is not a box-ticking exercise. These are not soft skills, they are the skills of the future, because while technology is crucial, it will be far more powerful when in the hands of the emotionally literate geek. And to provide a future generation with high levels of emotional literacy we need to institutionalise empathy - to systematise it, making it a part of the foundations of our learning both at work and as school.

The one crucial skill our education system is missing

By: EBR | Friday, April 28, 2017

From Blade Runner to I, Robot, the big screens of Hollywood have predicted the rise of the machine. Automated intelligences will wait our tables and drive our cabs

The international arbitration case was launched against Romania in August 2015 with TNG seeking damages for Romania’s ”wrongful attempts to destroy” Romania Libera and the ”wrongful forced bankruptcy” inflicted by the Romanian government on Astra Asigurari. In May 2016, in what is described as an attempt to ”silence” Adamescu, the Romanian government issued an EAW against him.

Questions asked of Romania’s cooperation with its international commitments

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 26, 2017

The former Attorney General of England and Wales has led a chorus of criticism of Romania over its failure to comply with an international ruling over the European Arrest Warrant (EAW)

”Opening the 700 MHz band for mobile internet helps ensure top-quality connectivity throughout Europe and can really transform many people’s lives - let’s think for example of the use of telemedicine in remote areas,” said the rotating Council chair Minister Dr Emmanuel Mallia from Malta. ”It also represents a major step in the industrial shift to 5G, which is essential for the future competitiveness of the EU.”

European Council boost mobile connectivity in run-up to 5G

By: N. Peter Kramer | Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The European Council adopted a decision which will ensure the release of high-quality airwaves for wireless broadband services in all EU member states in order to boost mobile connectivity and drive the roll-out of 5G technology

Parliament’s delegation on Monday will attempt to defuse tensions and will be led by centre right MEP David McAllister, chair of the influential Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.He is accompanied by the Parliament’s rapporteur for Albania, German Socialist MEP Knut Fleckeshtein. Slovakian EPP deputy Eduard Kukan, a member of the EU-Albania delegation was expected to take part but will not now do so. His spokesman said, “He is not going to travel to Tirana next week, due to his other arrangements. He is however following the situation very closely and will try engage if necessary.” German chancellor Angela Merkel will also send a senior representative.

Fears of fresh violence ahead of EP delegation visit to Albania

By: EBR | Monday, April 24, 2017

The European Union’s top diplomat has called on the Democratic Party-led opposition in Albania to end its ongoing parliamentary boycott and re-engage in the legislative process

Macron stands in stark contrast to the divisive ‘us and them’ rhetoric from US President Donald Trump and the hard-hitting anti-immigration stance taken by May and those pushing for a hard Brexit. Like Dutch GreenLeft leader Jesse Klaver and Austria’s Alexander Van der Bellen, Macron has stayed on message with his views on tolerance, inclusion and ending discrimination.

Macron’s breakthrough signals rising EU hopes

By: EBR | Monday, April 24, 2017

If elected president, Emmanuel Macron would change the narrative on Europe, say Giles Merritt and Shada Islam. The centrist candidate would not only breathe new life into the Franco-German ‘locomotive’ but offer a more hopeful and upbeat message for the future

The outcome of the first round of the presidential elections was predictable, the French voters picking independent candidate Emmanuel Macron, former economy minister and National Front Leader Marine Le Pen to advance to decisive May 7 runoff, French citizens set up a stark choice. They rejected the two political parties that dominated France’s post World War II political life, pitting an anti-immigrant firebrand against an unconventional centrist in a presidential election that could determine the future of the European Union and France’s place in the world.

Trump express support for French candidate Le Pen

By: EBR | Monday, April 24, 2017

The French presidential runoff is less important at this moment than North Korea's threatening and Mexico's border wall are

Another big trend is virtual reality (VR). Could we predict the implications that seamless and widespread VR will have on, say, profitability of today’s telecommunication and entertainment industry giants? The churn in the Fortune 500 index speaks for itself, and while we can’t easily forecast which tech startups will succeed and which will fail, what we can say with confidence is that the index turnover is going to accelerate.

We’re moving fast. But nobody knows where we’re going

By: EBR | Friday, April 21, 2017

Anyone who’s ever looked into retirement planning must have pondered the two basic questions: at what age does one want to retire and how does one estimate her life expectancy?

The future we see taking shape for the news business differs sharply from the norms of the past two decades. The fragmentation brought about by the digital revolution is not a reversible process, and the advertising revenue-driven business model, while still valid, will never be quite the same. Moreover, the fallout from the financial crisis (in which we include the electoral victories of Trump and Brexit) saw public trust in mainstream media plunge to historical lows. The Big Media brands still have meaning for many consumers, but competitors like Breitbart.com and Greenpeace.org are legitimising alternatives and creating their own networks of information and influence.

A future for the News Industry

By: EBR | Thursday, April 20, 2017

The decline of the news business is not inevitable, if we connect to our best customers

Fortunately, we are not doomed to repeat and transfer our unsatisfactory experiences within our significant relationships. A deep understanding of the roles we either naturally adopted or were forced into within our significant relationships could provide insight. Understanding these roles and common themes among them would help us to be more aware of our unconscious displacement of these issues to other aspects of our lives. By making the unconscious conscious, we can modify our roles within our relationships and our response to situations.

How your personal relationships impact your professional ones

By: EBR | Thursday, April 20, 2017

The roles we unconsciously adopt in significant relationships can result in struggles with colleagues, personal relationships or our careers

The one thing threatening this opportunity is trust. For example, the spread of ad-blockers (software that can stop your browser from loading advertisements) undermines the viability of the digital advertising model that sustains many of the world’s most popular websites. Further, according to Forum research, 31% of US digital media users have avoided or stopped using a service altogether because it did not provide enough control over their personal data. In China, this number is 70%. In another recent study, by KPMG, 55% of people said they had decided against buying something online due to privacy concerns.

We don’t trust the internet

By: EBR | Wednesday, April 19, 2017

And it’s putting our digital future at risk

Yet, Trump is working and he is working hard. During the first 70 days of his mandate, the President has taken more actions and signed more Executive Orders than any other US President before him ever did. The Dow-Jones has climbed to astronomic levels and unemployment in the US is already in sharp decline. Trump calls terrorists by their name. He uses the words “Islamist terrorists” because this is what they are and he vows for their complete eradication, from their ‘complete elimination from the surface of the earth’. Trump does not call Israel’s capital but Jerusalem and not Al-Quds. He does not regard the Jews and the Israelis as foreigners in the Holy Land, as fifty-six so-called ‘Islamic’ countries call them, in the very chart of their political body the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC). He does not regard them as usurpers, or culprits, or suppressors.

The first 100 days of Trump: decisiveness or unpredictable?

By: EBR | Monday, April 10, 2017

President Donald Trump delivered his first Commander-in-Chief moment as he ordered a strike on a Syria airfield use in that week’s chemical attack on civilians

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