Yes, that’s a great idea. 
I think it’s important to make a list because then it’s more specific. There is so much out there, so we need to decide which aspects are best.
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Here are some areas I think are worth addressing in this series (including @Torsten’s first article). I’ve also included some interesting articles we might be able to source from as well. We may need to add or detract from what’s here, but this will at least get the ball rolling on this new series 
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Hi @Tim, @Andrea, @Donnyrachy1, @Elida and @Sumejja, I hope it’s okay with you Tim, if I post your roadmap here on the forum rather than using Google Drive. This way we can keep things simpler and even more open source. I’ve made this post into a Wikipost, which means anyone with an invite can edit it. (just hit the ‘edit’ button at the bottom).
According to a recent study by 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer | Edelman more than 73% of all Germans are afraid of losing their jobs within the next few years due to automation, AI, robotics and other technologies.
One of the reasons why the Germans are so afraid of the future is that the German car industry is in decline.
This means our goal should be to keep a balance between covering those new technologies on the one hand and new approaches to our value system, especially our current economic model on the other. That’s why I like your Roadmap very much so far, Tim. Thanks a lot for sharing it. Let’s see if we can turn this into the first project we all contribute to…
Blockchain and tokenization to fight inequality
Cryptocurrency and political campaign financing
https://www.fastcompany.com/90374706/2020-democrats-dont-see-the-payoff-in-accepting-bitcoin-funds
Automation (how to overcome massive job loss)
Lack of regulation of our personal data: getting paid for your data?
Addressing the problems in the sharing economy (work conditions, job loss)
https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/02/study-airbnb-cities-rising-home-prices-tax/581590/
Technology and gender inequality (equal job opportunities and equal pay)
Technology and education (literacy is essential for the Internet to be a useful tool)
https://www.worldremit.com/en/stories/story/2019/11/14/edtech-africa
Breaking up the power of big tech companies to deliver more opportunities for new competition (perhaps zebra companies).
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These articles are great! Can I use the last two/three articles to create texts? I’d love to write about gender inequality and tackling literacy. Thanks!
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Hi Elia, let’s see what @tim_m says but I’d say if you like the articles please do go ahead and create exercises based on them. If Tim or anyone else wants to use those articles too they can do so since it’s perfectly fine to create more than just one exercises based on any given article since they the texts and questions will vary from author to author any way.
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I agree! We should be able to create different texts based on the same/similar articles, but first I would like to hear what @tim_m thinks. 
Thanks!
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You can absolutely use them, @Elida. And @Torsten is right that our texts will vary. Not to mention some of the articles (e.g., the one on gender inequality published by Singularity Hub) are loaded with different examples of how technologies are being used to overcome wealth inequality. So the articles themselves can be broken down into multiples texts as well.
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Hi all! Great articles, thank you @tim_m for collecting these! For myself, I’d love to make a few reading comprehension tests based on these. What say you, @Torsten?
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Hi @Sumejja, sure you can go ahead and create reading comprehension tests as long as you also write a summary of each article since we can’t link to external sources. In other words, you can create reading comprehension exercises of the same format Elida and Tim have used. Please let me know if this makes sense. By the way, if you like you can also create other types of exercises as long as you choose from the list we have on our site.
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Can you please tell me what this format looks like, in terms of style, length etc? Thanks!
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Hi again @Sumejja, the TOEIC based reading comprehension exercises have this format: Co-Living in Hong Kong | english.best
As for other formats, please browse our site to see which kinds of exercises we have since all of them are supported by our CMS so you can pick those formats you like most and create materials with them. Please let me know if this makes sense. Many thanks.
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I am going to tackle the cryptocurrency, personal data, and home sharing (Airbnb) articles for my next texts. I’ve also sourced a few other interesting articles unrelated to this thread’s series that I may write texts for as well.
Some of those unrelated medical tech articles are here:
Cellular Reprogramming
Nootropics
Technological doping in athletics
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Based on the road map, here are some potential TOEIC Reading Comprehension Topics I’d be working on.
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Man-made disasters: why technology and organizations (sometimes) fail
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Paperless office and its effects on workers
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An attempt to balance the relationship between man and technology
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Effects of low birth rate on European economy
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Are we developing or regressing?
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What is considered healthy to eat?
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Rethinking office automation
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Human development with a focus on comfort
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Role of Live Facial Recognition in crime reduction
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A simplified approach to economic collapses
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Hello Rachel, all these topics are very interesting and valuable so I look forward to reading your texts. Please do let me know if you need anything to make your working process even more easy. Best regards, Torsten
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Replacing Rethinking office automation with Negative Effects of Electronics on Health
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Hi Rachel, this sounds interesting. Can you please elaborate?
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Oh, I apologize for the misunderstanding. I am replacing topic 7 with another topic: Negative Effects of Electronics on Health
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I sent you a mail. Please check.
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Hi everyone, in order to fight inequality and contribute to making our lives a little better we should all support the Zebras Unite movement.
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