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The living internet

Hackers, independent spaces, digital culture, and the people behind the platforms.

Creative futuresEssay

Futureproof: Year One

Three days at the first Futureproof Festival of AI in Vancouver. Old friends, new builders, difficult questions, and what I’m taking into year two.

Kris KrügNov 1 · 14 min read

The living internetEssay

You Can’t Rent a Social Licence

Students brought pots and pans to the Nest. Canada’s AI ambitions need something harder to buy: a social licence, earned with the people expected to live with the rollout.

Kris KrügNov 2 · 14 min read