

“An overlapping confluence of three different technological waves — the smartphone, the electric battery and artificial intelligence — have created the conditions for a technological disruption so profound it’s...

“Google, not GCHQ, is the truly chilling spy network” says John Naughton (The Guardian)
“one of the spooks with whom I discussed Snowden’s revelations waxed indignant about our coverage of the story. What bugged him (pardon the pun) was...
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Jun 2017

Why you should manage your energy, not your time (via the BBC)
“In the absence of clear indicators of what it means to be productive and valuable in their jobs, many workers turn back toward an industrial...
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Jun 2017
The Amazon-Walmart Showdown That Explains the Modern Economy / must read via NYT
“Each one is trying to become more like the other — Walmart by investing heavily in its technology, Amazon by opening physical bookstores and now...
16
Jun 2017

Ethical Innovation Means Giving Consumers a Say | WIRED
“Increasingly, the people and companies with the technological or scientific ability to create new products or innovations are de facto making policy decisions that affect...
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Jun 2017
Ethical Innovation Means Giving Consumers a Say | WIRED
“Increasingly, the people and companies with the technological or scientific ability to create new products or innovations are de facto making policy decisions that affect...
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Jun 2017

Futurist David Brin: Be a Proxy activist ! Love this concept (and yes, I am, also)
Be a proxy activistBrin believes everyone should be a proxy activist. That means you find half a dozen nonprofit organizations to give $50 a month...
13
Jun 2017

My deck from the GTDC Summit in Vienna today: Technology, Humanity and The Future
here it is…. quick update, more later :)) GTDC Vienna Technology Humanity Future Gerd Leonhard Public ... Read more
13
Jun 2017

Beyond business as usual: the Internet of Things, AI, Technology vs Humanity? Full-length video of my keynote at IoT World Forum in London
Thanks to the Internet Talent Consortium and Cisco for making this video available – I think it's one of the best talks I have ever...
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Jun 2017

Tim Cook (Apple) talks technology and humanity – riveting speech at MIT commencement address 2017. wow.
“When technological advancement can go up so exponentially I do think there’s a risk of losing sight of the fact that tech should serve humanity,...
09
Jun 2017

How He (Donald Trump) Used Facebook to Win – incredible story !
“In the early phase of the primaries, Parscale launched Trump’s digital operation by buying $2 million in Facebook ads—his entire budget at the time. He...
02
Jun 2017

The industry of inequality: why the world is obsessed with private security (The Guardian)
“The global market for private security services, which include private guarding, surveillance and armed transport, is now worth an estimated $180bn (£140bn), and is projected...
02
Jun 2017

Technology is making the world more unequal. Only technology can fix this? Says Cory Doctorow
“Smart unequal societies prevent collapse by convincing their elites to hand over some of their earnings to the rest of the country, producing broadly shared...
02
Jun 2017

Video and slide-deck of my keynote at SHIFT 2017, Turku Finland: technology vs humanity.
It's always great to speak in Finland, and being at the SHIFT 2017 event was a great pleasure, as well. Below is my deck from my talk;...
01
Jun 2017

Barack Obama on food and climate change: ‘We can still act and it won’t be too late’ – brilliant stuff (via TheGuardian)
“During the course of my presidency, I made climate change a top priority, because I believe that, for all the challenges that we face, this...
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May 2017

Here is my presentation from the TIETO Leadership event in Helsinki, today: transforming for the future
Here is the deck! Thanks to Tieto for inviting me. Check out the tweets here and here. Tieto Leadership transforming for the future Helsinki gerd...
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May 2017

Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff (Wapo story)
“Google has begun using billions of credit-card transaction records to prove that its online ads are prompting people to make purchases – even when they...
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May 2017

The long, winding road for driverless cars – must read via The Economist
“Level 3 autonomous driving is even more controversial. The main difference is that, while the driver must still remain vigilant and ready to intervene in...