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The 15 “We shall not” statements from my latest book, Technology vs Humanity – and what has happened since I published it
The 15 Shall Not's, below, are excerpted from chapter 10 of my 2016 book Technology vs. Humanity which is, thankfully, becoming increasingly popular around the...
01
May 2019
New podcast: conversation on Digital Ethics, Chapter 10 of Gerd Leonhard’s book ‘Technology vs Humanity’. Technology does not have ethics – but we must!
In this podcast Peter Van and me talk about Chapter 10 in my book Technology vs Humanity, on Digital Ethics. It is a fast-paced conversation...
29
Apr 2019
The best excerpts from Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s recent keynotes and interviews, on topics such as Technology and Humanity, the Megashifts and Digital Ethics
Please visit my Youtube channel for 1500+ hours of films and keynote videos ... Read more
28
Apr 2019
Really nice piece about my work as futurist, humanist, author and film maker (in Spanish): GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS A SER MÁS HUMANOS”
Nice piece via the Foundacion Telefonica and Juan Zafra – thanks! FUTURISTA, HUMANISTA Y CINEASTA GERD LEONHARD: “SE INVIERTE MUY POCO EN EDUCAR A LOS NIÑOS...
22
Apr 2019
6 keywords to describe the future: exponential, convergent, combinatorial, holistic, circular, human-centric
Here's a brand-new animation that shows these 6 items, below (note that the last 3 are probably more about ‘what I hope will happen' rather...
19
Apr 2019
Smart machines are NOT the end of human work: androrithms over algorithms!
The Future of Work Algorithms Androrithms HI and AI ... Read more
07
Apr 2019
New Podcast: Discussing Proaction versus Precaution
Here is our latest podcast based on Chapter 8 of Gerd's best-selling book Technology vs Humanity (Now available in 11 languages!) This week Peter and I covered the...
07
Apr 2019
Preparing For Tomorrow’s Workforce In A World Run By Machines
Gerd's brand new post just went live on Forbes. As smart machines and algorithms begin to excel over and above human capacity, Gerd believes that we...
25
Mar 2019
The future of work is moving towards an availability economy.
Slate has a great post about the future of work – an adapted excerpt from Alex Rosenblat’s latest book Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules...
21
Mar 2019
Kevin Kelly asks, is asking a good question the last job a machine will learn to do?
We really loved this great quote by Kevin Kelly in his book, The Inevitable: “A good question is not concerned with a correct answer....
17
Mar 2019
Read Gerd’s latest piece for Forbes
Originally published on February 28, 2019, via Forbes.com In 2016, I published my new best-selling book called Technology Vs. Humanity. The title alone sparked alarmed discussions....
16
Mar 2019
From efficiency to human agency: Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard on AI
Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard had a good chat last week. It was a wide-ranging conversation on AI and its potential dangers to humanity – so I...
13
Mar 2019
(in German): Neues Video: Gerd Leonhard Keynote am Tag der Lehre Uni Bern: Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Die Rolle der Hochschule in einer digitalisierten Zukunft
IN GERMAN / AUF DEUTSCH: meine Keynote an der Uni Bern am 15 Februar 2019: Reflektierter Umgang mit Digitalisierung: Hochschulbildung zwischen digitaler Transformation und akademischen...
06
Mar 2019
Issue #7 of Digital Ethics just went live: robot tax, Google & the DoD, sensor panic, and more.
⚡️My latest newsletter on #digitalethics just went live. This week we look at robot tax, Google & the DoD, sensor panic and a cool podcast....
05
Mar 2019
A very unique podcast with Azeem Azhar and Gerd Leonhard: Artificial Intelligence – heaven or hell?
Azeem Azhar and I had a good chat last week: a wide-ranging conversation on AI and its potential dangers to humanity. On the one hand, humans...
04
Mar 2019
Audio version of Gerd Leonhard’s keynote at the Emirates Litfest 2019 in Dubai: Technology and humanity: the Future
Here is the audio version of my talking Dubai on Saturday March 2, at the Emirates Litfest 2019 in Dubai. I really enjoyed being at...
04
Mar 2019
Why Telefonica’s New Digital Deal is big news
Guest post by The Futures Agency content curator Petervan In 2018, Spain's biggest telco Telefonica released its “New Digital Deal“, a manifesto towards a human-centric...
