The Future Laboratory

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Diverging Demographics

Stat: Ideological fractures and mistrust in democracy plague Gen Z

New research for Channel 4 exposes deepening gender divides among Gen Z in the UK.

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Fragmenting Societies

Stat: A new low for global democracy

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest annual Democracy Index has found that the global state of democracy declined in 2021, with the aggregate score falling from 5.37 out of 10 to a new low of 5.28.

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Travel & Hospitality

Mexico’s public collectively cancels a new airport

Mexico City – A public referendum has cancelled Foster + Partners’ new airport for the Mexican capital, which was midway through construction.

Inside the Black Box (Supervised Learning) by Tom Person, London

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Technology

How will technology change democratic engagement?

With consumers’ appetite for on-demand, personalised services having transformed everything from how we shop to the way we learn and date, it’s a matter of if, not when, the voting system is changed to match.