Truly smart technologies will remind us that we are not mere automatons who assist big data in asking and answering questions.

When it is about technology, there is this tendency to just reject all criticism as being anti-technological and anti-modern. I think this is very unhealthy.

Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology.

In part, slacktivism is what happens when the energy of otherwise dedicated activists is wasted on approaches that are less effective than the alternatives.

There is this huge Roma problem in Europe. There are a lot of Romas who are discriminated against in countries like the Czech Republic or Hungary. They are an ethnic minority that in Europe everyone loves to hate.

Social media's greatest assets - anonymity, 'virality,' interconnectedness - are also its main weaknesses.

This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.