Weekly Reading List

This page contains a list of articles I've read and found interesting over the past week.

Over the past week, I have been reading about digital sovereignty, the US spying on Dutch emails, the definition of insanity, food statistics in your pocket, policy research from The Policy Institute at King’s College London, untitled pieces, anti-social media trends, and the EU open-source strategy.

Friday - 12 June 2026

• Digital Sovereignty Becomes An Imparative As the US Reads Dutch Emails

  The US House reading Dutch emails shows digital sovereignty is about who can access data, not just where it is stored.

  Tags: Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Digital Sovereignty, Data privacy, jurisdiction

  Author: Kevin Korte

Wednesday - 10 June 2026

• The definition of insanity

  Trying the same policy again and again, while expecting different results

  Tags: decision-making, policy analysis, behavioral patterns, insanity definition

  Author: Alex Chalmers

• Food statistics in your pocket

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  Tags: Agriculture, Food Industry, UK Economy, Food Manufacturing, Employment Statistics

  Author: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

• Experimental Government Team | The Policy Institute | King’s College London

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  Tags: policy research, Data Science, behavioral science, government innovation, evidence-based policy

  Author: nan

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  Tags: government innovation, public services, evidence-based policy, experimental government, policy experimentation

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  Tags: Randomized Controlled Trials, experimentation, policy evaluation, social science research, quasi-experimental design

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  Tags: innovation, decision-making, evidence-based policy, expert engagement, policy development

  Author: nan

Tuesday - 09 June 2026

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  Tags: data centers, environmental impact, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Water Consumption

  Author: nan

Monday - 08 June 2026

• Anti-social: It’s fads, not friends, which now dominate our feeds

  Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.

  Tags: Technology Trends, social media, digital advertising, online entertainment, consumer behavior

  Author: John Laurenson

• The EU Open Source Strategy

  The EU Open Source Strategy places open source at the centre of the EU’s technological sovereignty by promoting European open alternatives to non-EU proprietary solutions in critical domains.

  Tags: public administration, Open Source, Technology Policy, Digital Sovereignty, European Union

  Author: nan