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The externalities of exponential technological progress are equal to those caused by fossil fuels (GIF)
… and we must act on them TODAY ... Read more
Meet me at these 2 amazing events in BUCHAREST June 10 2019: Exponential change workshop, and CEO Clubs Forum
In the morning, June 10, the Brilliant Irony workshop: Are you ready for exponential change – how to be successful in the future (Intercontinental Hotel...
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May 2019
New Podcast: Heaven or Hell – Futurist Gerd Leonhard on chapter 11 of “Technology vs. Humanity”
A new episode of our weekly podcast! In this episode Peter Van and me talk about Chapter 11 in my book Technology vs Humanity, on Heaven...
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May 2019
Is Social Media Ruining Political Discourse (must-read via The Atlantic)
GREAT READ, provocative stuff – thanks Jay-David. “YouTube is designed to catch you and not let go. Sometimes I access the site just to watch...
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May 2019
Staying Human in the Face of Limitless Technology – new interview with Gerd Leonhard and Emily Miller, Netapp (video, as well)
Via the Netapp blog “With our growing dependence on artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous products, we face an erosion of...
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May 2019
My book Technology vs Humanity is now available in Chinese!
Really excited about that – purchase links to follow! ... Read more
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May 2019
3 short excerpts from my keynote at Xerocon 2018: Technology and Humanity – the next 10 years
The Megashifts Reinventing ourselves The Future is better than we think ... Read more
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May 2019
Surveillance Capitalism and the Platform Economy is humanly and societally unsustainable, and Facebook will go down with it
Read this for context: The brilliant book by Shoshana Zuboff The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Time to break up Facebook (Chris Hughes NYT) Chris...
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May 2019
CEOs Have To Stop Using Smart Machines To Get Rid Of Workers (good read via Forbes.com)
… with some quotes from me, as well:). “Predicting more change in the next 20 years than the previous 300, Gerd Leonhard, CEO of The...
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May 2019
We should challenge the cult of Singularity (says Joi Ito, Director MIT Media Lab)
The Director of the MIT Media Lab Joi Ito has a wonderful and thought-provoking post this week in WIRED. Pretty much on the same page...
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May 2019
The 15 “We shall not” statements from my latest book, Technology vs Humanity – and what has happened since I published it
The 15 Shall Not's, below, are excerpted from chapter 10 of my 2016 book Technology vs. Humanity which is, thankfully, becoming increasingly popular around the...
