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Alibaba founder Jack Ma says to be a successful leader you need EQ, IQ, and LQ
“Ma, a former teacher, says he always warns government leaders to also “pay attention to education,� because right now we’re teaching children the wrong thing:...
Matt Haig (The Guardian:) I used to think social media was a force for good. Now the evidence says I was wrong (must read)
“Kurt Vonnegut said: “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful who we pretend to be.” This seems especially true now...
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Sep 2017
Facebook’s war on free will – powerful Franklin Foer / TheGuardian story (made me think – a lot)
“But we shouldn’t accept Facebook’s self-conception as sincere, either. Facebook is a carefully managed top-down system, not a robust public square. It mimics some of...
23
Sep 2017
AI Could Revolutionize War as Much as Nukes
“New technologies like those can be expected to bring with them a series of excruciating moral, political, and diplomatic choices for America and other nations....
22
Sep 2017
Artificial Intelligence Fuels New Global Arms Race – scary Putin quote
“Artificial intelligence is the future, not only for Russia but for all humankind,” he said, via live video beamed to 16,000 selected schools. “Whoever becomes...
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Sep 2017
IBM Watson CTO on Why Augmented Intelligence Beats AI – good read!
“I think one of the examples that illustrates this really well is in the medical space, where Watson is helping doctors make decisions and parsing...
21
Sep 2017
Technology is increasingly cheating the world (not just ‘eating’ it as Mark Andreessen likes to say)
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Sep 2017
Will Democracy Survive Big Data and Artificial Intelligence? Very thoughtful read !
“Some software platforms are moving towards “persuasive computing.” In the future, using sophisticated manipulation technologies, these platforms will be able to steer us through entire...
12
Sep 2017
Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard in London October 4: Keynote at BREAKOUT2017: Ethical codes for a digital age
I am delighted to be able to contribute to this unique event in London, on October 4 2017 (for more details and updates go here)....
08
Sep 2017
We’re spending so much time trying to become robots that we’re forgetting how to be human (Scott Hartley via qz.com)
Totally my topic ;)"The drumbeat of science, technology, engineering, and math has picked up tempo, but a crisis of culture has emerged from its cadence....
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Sep 2017
The future of computing as predicted by nine science-fiction machines (watch these videos)
“Our vision is to create that Star Trek computer and work backwards from that. The Star Trek computer wasn’t limited to just the Enterprise, they...
05
Sep 2017
Technology will not save the world — we will (very thoughtful read via the FT)
“Technology is marvellous, but it has had little or nothing to do with the best things about the world. And it will play a minor...
05
Sep 2017
I invested early in Google and Facebook. Now they terrify me (great piece by Roger McNamee)
"The people at Facebook and Google believe that giving consumers more of what they want and like is worthy of praise, not criticism. What they...
01
Sep 2017
Job Opening: Leader of the Free World (via Handelsblatt)
“Economic policymakers must keep their borders open and ensure the stability of the global economy,” he said, adding that such a feat could only be...
01
Sep 2017
Ethical codes for our digital age | Futures Centre
Start in certainty and you will end in doubts. Start with doubt and you will end in certainty" We're really excited (like, jumping up and...
01
Sep 2017
How Apple, Google, and Facebook Will Hasten the Next Era of TV | Backchannel
“That’s why the entrance of many of the remaining big tech companies really matters. These powerful corporations—the true masters of our current universe—are in the...
01
Sep 2017
Why Voice Assistants Will Give You a Headache (great read via Backchannel / Wired)
“Picture this: It’s evening and, after a long day at the office, you’re finally home. You’re cutting some avocados as you prepare dinner when your...
