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Can AI Be Trusted with Our Infrastructure Future?

Richard MacGeorge

Richard MacGeorge

28 Jan 2026
Can AI Be Trusted with Our Infrastructure Future?
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As AI increasingly manages critical infrastructure, its underlying values become society's values. What happens when algorithms prioritize efficiency over environmental sustainability?

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When Sovereign Wealth Funds Shape Tomorrow: Crisis Imagination and Infrastructure Futures

When Sovereign Wealth Funds Shape Tomorrow: Crisis Imagination and Infrastructure Futures

Examining how Norway's massive sovereign wealth fund constructs temporal futures through investment decisions that fundamentally determine global infrastructure development patterns over generational timescales. Read the original article

17 Feb 2026
Whose Operating System Will Govern Space's Future Infrastructure?

Whose Operating System Will Govern Space's Future Infrastructure?

The competition isn't just about rockets—it's about whose values and governance frameworks will be embedded in the infrastructure systems that future generations inherit in space. Read the original article

17 Feb 2026
Satellite Intelligence Exposes China's Hidden Infrastructure Inequities

Satellite Intelligence Exposes China's Hidden Infrastructure Inequities

New satellite mapping of 109 Chinese cities reveals how infrastructure services cluster spatially, creating persistent inequities that shape intergenerational urban outcomes Read the original article

17 Feb 2026
Future-Proofing Coastal Protection: Localized and Generic Approaches to Socio-Ecological Infrastructure

Future-Proofing Coastal Protection: Localized and Generic Approaches to Socio-Ecological Infrastructure

Study challenges traditional flood infrastructure planning by examining dikes as complex systems with multi-generational impacts on both human communities and natural ecosystems. Read the original article

16 Feb 2026
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