Who Gets Nvidia’s Chips?

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

The Jensen Huang inquiry and scrutiny of Nvidia customer Megaspeed raise a practical question for Washington. How much can U.S. regulators verify about where advanced AI chips are installed and who rents the computing power they provide?

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Why Slow Creation Matters

Saturday, November 7, 2026

As artificial intelligence accelerates creative production, Dutch artist Denise Buisman Pilger’s work reveals why time still matters. Slow creation is not about working inefficiently, but about allowing materials, ideas and unexpected discoveries to shape what becomes possible.

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Beyond the Thread

Sunday, October 18, 2026

With nearly 900 artworks on display, Canada’s World of Threads Festival reveals the extraordinary diversity of contemporary fibre art. Through the eyes of Dutch artist Denise Buisman Pilger, Beyond the Thread explores artistic discovery, material experimentation and the increasingly fluid boundaries between craftsmanship and fine art.

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The Meaning of Imperfection

Thursday, September 17, 2026

Imperfection is not necessarily error or failure. Through the work of Denise Buisman Pilger, The Human Hand explores how irregularities, material uncertainty and artistic judgement can preserve the traces of time, process and human decision-making within a work of art.

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The Return of Material Culture

Thursday, September 3, 2026

As digital and AI-generated representations become almost limitless, physical objects may acquire new meaning. Through the work of Denise Buisman Pilger, The Return of Material Culture explores materiality, provenance and the growing value of things that actually exist.

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Why Washi Matters

Saturday, August 1, 2026

For more than thirteen centuries, Washi has embodied patience, craftsmanship and material intelligence. Through the work of Denise Buisman Pilger, this remarkable Japanese paper reveals why creativity begins not with a blank surface, but with a material that already carries its own story.

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From Electrons to Photons

Friday, July 31, 2026

Artificial intelligence is pushing computing beyond the practical limits of electricity alone. As communication becomes the defining challenge of modern compute, integrated photonics may reshape the architecture of computing itself—using light to move information faster, more efficiently and with less energy.

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The Ethics of Trust

Friday, July 24, 2026

Warren Buffett’s decision to redirect billions away from the Gates Foundation is about more than philanthropy. It raises a broader ethical question: can institutions built on extraordinary private wealth sustain public trust independently of the individuals who created them?

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NextEra Energy

Monday, June 15, 2026

As artificial intelligence drives unprecedented demand for computing power, companies once viewed primarily as utilities are acquiring new strategic relevance. This briefing explores how NextEra Energy’s scale, renewable energy portfolio and transmission capabilities position it within the emerging infrastructure of America’s AI economy.

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When Money Became Invisible

Tuesday, June 9, 2026
Person holding an open brown leather wallet symbolizing empty finances, visible spending limits and the contrast between physical money and invisible digital payments.

Digital payments, subscriptions and embedded finance have made spending faster and increasingly invisible. As friction disappears from modern finance, societies may also be losing emotional awareness around value, debt and consumption — especially inside digital environments designed to bypass hesitation itself.

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