Over the years, a reading of the legislation on protecting personal data (erroneously equated with ‘privacy’) has become entrenched, hampering scientific research. There is room to interpret the law more correctly and allow scientists to work more effectively for the common good by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Scienza in rete Continue reading “Data Protection and scientific research, a change is urgent”
The cultural limits of the EU AI regulation
The European Commission wants to regulate artificial intelligence but does so with a confused and conceptually wrong proposal by Andrea Monti- Initially published in Italian by PC Professionale n. 363
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On the release of AstraZeneca’s lots
After the Italian Council of State’s (the Supreme Court for Administrative Law) order on the off-label administration of hydroxychloroquine, once again judiciary powers judiciary show their unfamiliarity with logic and the scientific method. The price to pay is the delay in the vaccination campaign and the increase in distrust of vaccines by Andrea Monti – Initially published in Italian by Scienza in Rete Continue reading “On the release of AstraZeneca’s lots”
National Security, Social Singularity
In the next book on technology and national security written together with professor Raymond Wacks, we examine the consequences of what we called ‘social singularity’. Social singularity is the pretence (or the delusion) of being part of an online ‘community’ while being not.
Being a community member means sharing values, being ready to help and work for the common benefit, protecting each other. By contrast, living in a social singularity condition (favoured by social networking platforms) turns an individual into a part of a swarm whose only reason to team up with somebody else is personal motive. Once the need is satisfied, the swarm disappears, only to resurface with different members to pursue a different goal. There are plenty of examples of this social singularity phenomenon, from the various rabid outbursts of cancel culture to the Reddit traders Wall Street take over in the Gamestop case. Continue reading “National Security, Social Singularity”
5G and European technological independence. Prof. Monti’s version
While waiting for the meeting with the US Secretary of State Pompeo, the Italian Premier Conte talks about European technological independence. It will take time, but the government can do a lot can right now for independent national security. The analysis by Andrea Monti, adjunct professor of law and order at the University of Chieti-Pescara – initially published in Italian by Formiche.net
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