At a time when the debate on the startup-state is raging, a step back from the linked notion of the platform state can do no harm. Where does this notion come from, and in what direction is it evolving? If the answer to this question is initially shaped by reflections from across the Atlantic,
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Whether they are already part of our daily lives or are still in the realm of science fiction, technological change is shaping our relationship with the world. Yet public action is struggling to take account of their potential consequences, not only on individual freedoms, but also on equality, sovereignty and even the future of mankind. At the frontiers
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"The rising tide lifts all boats; no more poverty if you have a boat." Lawrence Ferlinghetti One-way assistance never allowed the underprivileged to make their own destiny. "You want the poor rescued, I want poverty abolished," was an outrage in its time.
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