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Choice: friend or foe?

Is there such a thing as too many choices? Can the abundance of options in food, phones and clothes actually be bad for us? Writes Anne Nielsen

The future has arrived!

Hologram-videoconferencing is no longer only part of science fiction plots. Anne Nielsen looks at the new technology.

Choice: friend or foe?

Is there such a thing as too many choices? Can the abundance of options in food, phones and clothes actually be bad for us? Writes Anne Nielsen

The future has arrived!

Hologram-videoconferencing is no longer only part of science fiction plots. Anne Nielsen looks at the new technology.

more from anne nielsen

Choice: friend or foe?

Is there such a thing as too many choices? Can the abundance of options in food, phones and clothes actually be bad for us? Writes Anne Nielsen

The future has arrived!

Hologram-videoconferencing is no longer only part of science fiction plots. Anne Nielsen looks at the new technology.

Donate your heart on Facebook

Facebook just added a new Timeline setting, and you can now let everyone know whether or not you are an organ donor. But should people know these things about you? Anne Nielsen discusses.

Hotties travel for free!

Are you attractive and want to travel but can’t afford to do so? Anne Nielsen has found the solution for you!

Injecting rooms in Melbourne?

Should we provide drug users with a safe zone, giving them a place to get their fix? Anne Nielsen discusses the possibilities of injecting rooms.

A room of banned books

Should the government be informed of what books we read? What if they were controversial and banned books? Anne Nielsen discusses the issue of surveillance.

Citizen journalism – yay or nay?

What happens when the everyman becomes a producer of media content? Anne Nielsen discusses the dilemmas of citizen journalism.

UK bans best buddies

No more BFFs? What would that do to us as individuals, and to society? Anne Nielsen discusses the banning of best friends in the UK.

The blogosphere under a loupe

Who are the people behind the blogs, and what is on their agenda? Anne Nielsen investigates what the blogosphere in 2012 looks like.

A genderless society?

How about never using words as she or he again to avoid preconceptions about gender? Anne Nielsen discusses the removal of gender pronouns from the English vocabulary.

Meet the new upstart team

This week we welcome another new editorial team here at upstart. They are eagerly awaiting your contributions.