The download: Introduction of the problem of relationships

Relationships are the stories of people and systems that work together. Sometimes of your choice. Sometimes for practicality. Sometimes with violence. Too often for purely transactional reasons.

That is why we research relationships in this topic. Relationships combine us, but also with the machines, platforms, technologies and systems that convey modern life.

They are behind the partnerships that enable breakthroughs, the networks that help to spread ideas, and at least access the bonds that build trust. In this edition you will find stories about the relationships that we put together with our past, with our children and with the technology.

Here is only a foretaste of what you can expect:

+ People form relationships with AI chatbots. Some of them are purely professional, others are more complicated. This type of relationship may be new now, but we will all take it for granted in a few years.

+ Adventure in the genetic time machine. The old DNA tells us more and more about people and environments that have long passed. Could it also help to save the future?

+ Frozen embryos fill warehouse banks all over the world. It is a fight to know what to do with them. Read the whole story.

+ Our relationships with our employers are often conveyed by surveillance systems. And while it increases the power of power between companies and employees, protective measures remain far behind. Read the whole story.

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