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Complete video and audio recordings of my keynote at BuildingTheFuture Lisbon January 2019: technology and humanity – the future
This is the complete recording of my keynote of the Building The Future / Microsoft Ativar Event in Lisbon Jan 30 2019 see http://buildingthefuture.pt Topics in...
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Feb 2019
6 exciting new videos with short excerpts recent keynotes on Technology + Humanity, Big Data, Digital Ethics, Singularity, Skills of the Future and more!
Thanks to Netapp for inviting me to speak and for making the video footage available! Download all videos as MP4 files via the GerdCloud. Subscribe...
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Nov 2018
New keynote video: Technology and Humanity – the next 10 years (ICEEFest Bucharest 2018)
Technology and Humanity – the next 10 years. Computers that think and learn, artificial intelligence and intelligent assistants, smart-everything, and the Internet of Things – where...
27
Jul 2018
Updated: Video and illustrations: the most important Future Principles (Futurist / Humanist Gerd Leonhard)
UPDATED: here is a new video on the same topic, from the May 2018 Thoughtworks LIVE London event: Here are the essential slides from my...
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May 2018
Facebook is no longer ‘social’ anything – it’s an AI-platform that needs to be regulated (updated)
Last year's reports that some apparently well-funded Russian entities used Facebook to systemically disseminate fake news and seed widespread dissent during the 2016 U.S. elections is...
15
Jan 2018
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...
24
Sep 2017
Silicon Valley Utopianism the Dystopian Trump Presidency (Wired.com)
“In the wake of the election, some despairing technologists have wondered how to improve the products and systems that led to this result. “There are...
24
Jan 2017
Fantastic slideshow on the future of media: Activate 2017 Tech / Media Outlook (Michael Wolf)
Must-review for anyone, media or not ! A treasure chest! Digital gatekeepers will fare better than content media, analyst Michael Wolf says at WSJ...
29
Oct 2016
On Facebook’s ‘universal’ censorship rules (guest post by Rudy de Waele)
By Rudy De Waele Brilliant important statement, by editor-in-chief Espen Egil Hansen, of the Norwegian daily newspaper Aftenposten, in reply to Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook's demand to remove a picture...
10
Sep 2016
The biggest threat to democracy? Your social media feed …says the WEF
“What happened in the UK was not only a political disaster, but also a vivid example of what happens when you combine the uncontrollable power...
07
Aug 2016
How technology disrupted the truth : must read via TheGuardian
“Twenty-five years after the first website went online, it is clear that we are living through a period of dizzying transition. For 500 years after...
17
Jul 2016
About Facebook anxiety
“there remain plenty of Facebook detractors. The Kernel shone a baleful light on “Facebook anxiety” comparing the experience of flicking through the curated feeds of...
02
Feb 2016
The evilfication of Facebook: boiling frogs, faustian bargains, and the pleasure trap: 10 arguments for quitting Facebook (UPDATED)
This post will be updated regularly as I'm deciding on what to do about my Facebook presence. Thanks for all your votes btw – you...
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Jan 2016
How Facebook Makes Us Dumber – confirmation bias is a huge issue on large social networks
“As Del Vicario and her coauthors put it, “users mostly tend to select and share content according to a specific narrative and to ignore the...
13
Jan 2016
Short video from MoJoCon Dublin: Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard on the future of journalism, mobile, privacy
Read more about my gig at MoJoCon Dublin. Thanks to RTE und MojoCon for making this video available. ... Read more
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Mar 2015
▶ Inventing the Future of Connectivity (Facebook video on connecting developing countries – with drones)
Facebook's Yael Maguire talks about the technologies we're working on that will make connectivity more affordable in communities around the world. via ▶ Inventing the...
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Mar 2014
My presentation at Social Media Marketing Conference in Zürich, today (in German / auf deutsch)
Hi everyone, these are the slides from today's event in Zurich, as promised (in GERMAN language) Owncloud PDF 12 MB Dropbox PDF 12MB High res...
