Biodigital convergence

Big brother animation-who will control our food? Etcgroup - cover

ANIMATION Big Brother is Coming to the Farm: The digital takeover of food

Now in Turkish! 11 Jun 2025

The cover of the Jack and the Cloud Giant story showing a young peasant staring up at vines that look digital that are growing out of his farm

It's World Storytelling Day, which has the theme of "new beginnings" this year, so we're sharing our new tale of Jack and the Cloud Giant, a twist on an old European fairytale! 19 Mar 2021

Small urban farm with blue earthquake fissure superimposed.

#WorldFoodDay2020

Who will control food and farming by the end of the decade? 16 Oct 2020

Driven to Extinction

Bill Gates and Gene Drive Extinction Technology 14 Oct 2020

#5: Algorithmic Colonisation with Abeba Birhane

Is there such a thing as "ethical AI"? 18 Sep 2020

Butterfly in Glen Art Reserve, East Gippsland, Australia

Has the synthetic biology industry hijacked IUCN?

Gates-funded synbio lobby firm Emerging Ag Inc takes driving seat in IUCN discussion on biodiversity and synbio. 3 Sep 2020

Podcast #4: What is Technology?

And why do we need technology assessment? An interview with Jim Thomas 20 Aug 2020

Mutual aid or digital big brother?

Tom Wakeford on what should come after Covid-19 21 May 2020

Video/podcast #3: Which new normal?

ETC Group on COVID, data giants, the food system and community responses 21 May 2020