Srinivasan, Balaji (2022), The Network State, 1729 Publishing

In 1918, when Austria changed from the Austrian-Hungarian empire to the Austrian Republic, the “Court Opera” became the Vienna State Opera, with the musicians in the orchestra and the singers in the chorus members of Austrian public services. Beside their official duties, the members of the orchestra constitute a private society, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1842 by members of the orchestra of the “Court Opera”, to provide an outstanding concert orchestra for Vienna.

In recent years a global network of science has emerged as a result of thousands of individual scientists seeking to collaborate with colleagues around the world, creating a network which rises above national systems. The globalization of science is part of the underlying shift in knowledge creation generally: the collaborative era in science.

Norah Jones led her band through covers of The Beatles’ “I’ve Got A Feeling” and “Let It Be” last month on the Empire State Building’s rooftop observation deck. Video featuring the covers have been shared today on Jones’ YouTube channel two days before the 53rd anniversary of The Beatles' historic final live performance on January 30, 1969 on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters in London.