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New video: Hope and Optimism for The Good Future? GerdTalks #12 with Aline Frankfort
This was a super-special Gerdtalks show with Aline Frankfort, Shapership Leader, Visiting Professor, Club Of Rome Member: Why there is hope for the future.
Is Degrowth a useful approach to combat global warming and for designing “The Good Future”?
One could argue (and many have) that the solution to global warming would be to radically stop anything that creates more CO2, such as flying...
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Jul 2022
The Future of Education: STEM & HECI (Humanity, Ethics, Creativity, Imagination). A short explanation (video)
The end of routine is coming, but it's NOT the end of human work. If we focus on what only humans can do - the...
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Jul 2022
The Pandemic Year Marked a Turning Point in Climate Change. Must-read by David Wallace-Wells, NY Magazine (2021)
All year, a planet transformed by the burning of carbon discharged what would have once been called portents of apocalypse. The people of that planet,...
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Jul 2022
As the Planet Cooks, Climate Stalls as a Political Issue (great NYT read)
“People are exhausted by the pandemic, they’re terribly disillusioned by the government,” said Anusha Narayanan, climate campaign director for Greenpeace USA, the environmental group known...
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Jul 2022
The world is much better; The world is awful; The world can be much better – via Our World in Data
The world is much better. The world is awful. The world can be much better. All three statements are true. — Read on ourworldindata.org/much-better-awful-can-be-better “It...
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Jul 2022
Must-watch video: Futurist Gerd Leonhard Explains: Nature Deficit Disorder & Digital Obesity
Many people have asked me to explain what nature deficit disorder is, and what I mean when I speak about digital obesity. So I made...
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Jul 2022
Join me for Gerdtalks #12 on August 1st: Why there is hope, and how The Good Future is possible.
A special Gerdtalks show with Aline Frankfort, Shapership Leader, Visiting Professor, Club Of Rome Member: Why there is hope for the future!
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Jul 2022
New: Futurist Friday Podcast Interview with Gerd Leonhard: TheGoodFuture?
In this interview, Gerd Leonhard points out that “the future is already here, we just haven’t paid enough attention to it.” He talks about how...
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Jul 2022
New Interview with Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s comments on Digital Obesity
Swiss-German futurist and writer Gerd Leonhard drew attention to the vital risks of "digital obesity" in a forum organized by TedMEM Ankara, Turkey.
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Jun 2022
Beyond Knowledge and Global Consciousness? Here are the videos from Gerdtalks #11
This is a special Gerd Talks show with guest Bill Halal (GWU, Techcast, Author) on the coming era of Global Consciousness and Bill's latest book...
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Jun 2022
The World beyond Covid-19: What’s ahead for People, Consumers, Retail and E-Commerce
I touch on many fashion & apparel industry-related topics such as sustainability and the Experience Economy, and of course on my key topic "The Good...
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Jun 2022
The Next 10 Years: Rethinking Work and Revolutionising Education (Gerd Leonhard’s keynote in Riga)
This is probably my most comprehensive talk on the future of education, training and work, to-date. This video is my talk at the "Steering Education...
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Jun 2022
Should we detach ourselves from nature? Can humanity leave nature behind? (Must-Read via BBC.com)
“In the face of environmental collapse, humanity may need to turn to artificial replacements for nature – how might we avoid the most dystopian of...
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Jun 2022
Join me for Gerdtalks #11 June 20th: Beyond Knowledge. A new era of global consciousness?
A special GerdTalks show with guest Bill Halal (GWU, Techcast, Author) on the coming era of Global Consciousness, moving beyond knowledge.
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Jun 2022
New Realities: Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality – and the Metaverse: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s Newest Keynote Topic
I have been very busy creating a new talk on the future of AR, VR and the Metaverse (btw: you can read my latest best-finds...
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May 2022
Join me for GerdTalks#9 May 26 6pm CET. New Realities: AR, MR, VR and the Metaverse.
In this episode of GerdTalks, I will address both the positive i.e. the possibly 'heavenly' aspects of this development as well as the negative i.e....
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May 2022
Why inequality is corroding democracy – a short video by Futurist Gerd Leonhard (New WHY series)
Inequality is a key reason why people lose faith in democracy.
