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You won’t find happiness on a screen, via an app, or in the cloud
"Happiness cannot be acquired or purchased, and therefore would be impossible to stuff into an app, a bot, or some other machine"
What to expect for 2021: My new video series (first batch)
Humans tend to wait until something really bad has happened before we react and make real changes: Witness nuclear weapons and Covid-19. But now we've...
24
Feb 2021
Rethinking Friedman, and capitalism
“Markets must play a role in solving our problems — but we cannot solve our problems without a more nuanced understanding of where markets work...
24
Feb 2021
The Future of Food and Agriculture: How technology and AI will help create a sustainable future
Future of Farming. Technology vs Humanity. Gerd Leonhard 2017. ‘In the next 10 years, key technologies will converge to completely disrupt the five foundational sectors—information,...
16
Feb 2021
New Bruegel white-paper and forecast on EU Energy Mix Evolution by 2050
Via Azeem Azhar's Exponential Newsletter ... Read more
11
Feb 2021
The Future of Capitalism? A few new videos by Futurist Gerd Leonhard
The coming waves of societal change Why Capitalism as we know it is unfit for the future Sustainable Capitalism is the long term solution Some...
11
Feb 2021
These 2 graphs say it all: The 3 trends of capital, and human mass vs bio-mass
Produced capital REALLY up. Human Capital: a tiny bit up. Natural Capital: TANKING. More. Welcome to the Anthropocene The Guardian New measures of success needed...
09
Feb 2021
Announcing My New 2021 Speaking Topics: Beyond Corona, The Good Future, Awesome Humans
Without a doubt, 2020 will go down as one of the most disruptive, transformational and challenging years of recent history. Between the global pandemic shock,...
08
Feb 2021
Buckminster Fuller on Change
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”― Buckminster Fuller “You...
07
Feb 2021
Must-read: ARK Investments Big Ideas Report 2021, my highlights and comments on AI, DL,VR, Battery Tech etc
ARK seeks to gain a deeper understanding of the convergence, market potential, and long-term impact of disruptive innovation by researching a global universe that spans...
07
Feb 2021
Brand-new 2021 speaking topic: Sustainable is the new Profitable. Green is the new Digital.
SUSTAINABLE IS THE NEW PROFITABLE. GREEN IS THE NEW DIGITAL. Why and how the decarbonisation of our economy is the biggest opportunity in this coming...
06
Feb 2021
So this is what my new Streaming TV studio looks like – I call it ‘Keynote Television’
Many of you have asked me how I do my online keynotes, specifically my green screens, lights, virtual backgrounds etc. So here are some pictures...
01
Feb 2021
I keep saying that Covid-19 is a test-run for climate change. Larry Fink kinda agrees:)
I believe that the pandemic has presented such an existential crisis – such a stark reminder of our fragility – that it has driven us to confront...
30
Jan 2021
Technology is exponential – but humans are LINEAR: Keck’s Law, Moore’s Law…Gerd’s law?
You all know Moore's law, and possibly Keck's law, see below. Read more via The Economist. Both curves are EXPONENTIAL (as is Metcalf's law of...
30
Jan 2021
Must-Read Book by Rutger Bregman: Humankind – A Hopeful History (some shared highlights)
I am currently a really important book called HumanKind by Rutger Bregman that addresses an essential question I have debated with many people for a...
29
Jan 2021
Cool gifs showing the power of GPT3: pretty amazing AI-generated images
I need to find the source for this…. I think I found it on Twitter ... Read more
29
Jan 2021
And… that’s it for Trump. Must watch, funny video via Jimmy Kimmel (Twitter)
https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1352042645686689793 ... Read more
26
Jan 2021
Consumers’ reaction to Covid19 (good read and stats via WEF)
Since the COVID-19 crisis began, global GDP has fallen by 4.2%. The rollout of vaccine programmes will help to steady the ship – but the...
