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Why is behaviour change a better bet than techno-optimism (good read)
Good read here, on why we must balance technological achievements with good policy, and address DEMAND not just improve SUPPLY when looking at energy and...
Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s latest newsletter (July 24, 2023): All out on AI, and the trailer for my new film: Look Up Now!
Greetings dear subscribers, friends, clients and colleagues!This is a special edition of my newsletter, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT / GenAI. I...
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Jul 2023
Join us for The World by 2030, episode 6, with Gerd Leonhard and Anton Musgrave. June 12, 2023!
Episode #6: About Being a Futurist – What we do Many have been asking us, “What does a Futurist do”? “What have we learned in...
09
Jun 2023
ChatGPT, The A.I. Revolution and our Future: Dov Baron talks to Peter Leyden & Gerd Leonhard
From Dov Baron's podcast “Leadership and Loyalty” ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot that has taken the world by storm with its incredible human-like text generation...
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May 2023
New video: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s Keynote at Future Tense 2023 in Zagreb, Croatia, May 11
Future Tense is a place to be if you want to know what our lives and businesses will look like tomorrow.
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Mar 2023
Paying Ourselves To Decarbonize: Must-read by Kim Stanley Robinson
Paying Ourselves To Decarbonize As we transition to a green economy, we must compensate petro-states for their lost income. Otherwise, the world economy will collapse...
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Feb 2023
Updated: video and PDFs from March 8, 23 livestream with Peter Leyden: the global paradigm shifts
The 12 paradigm shifts you need to understand, today. Here is the video from the livestream event, below! global paradigm shifts march 8 2023 livestream...
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Feb 2023
From Doom & Gloom to Optimism & Hope: A guest post by William E. Halal
From Doom & Gloom to Optimism & Hope, by William E. Halal, (PhD); The TechCast Project and George Washington University. Bill is a like-minded thinker,...
06
Jan 2023
The Good Future Project: a conversation with Mathias Sundin (Warp News) and Gerd Leonhard
This is the latest episode in my #goodfutureproject series of conversations, with special guest Mathias Sundin; CEO of Warp News. “If someone said ”you are...
15
Dec 2022
New Video: The Good Future Project: A Conversation with Tzeporah Berman *FossilFuelTreaty.org and Gerd Leonhard
Just a few days ago, I had a really thoughtful and informative conversation with the @FossilFuelTreaty chair women Tzeporah Berman covering #climatechange #cop27 and the...
04
Dec 2022
My film “Twice upon a Time”: New edit with only the Good 2030!
This is a special new edit of my recent film Twice Upon a Time see https://futuristgerd.com/sharing/... and https://youtu.be/BanqTNbTotU We received a lot of feedback about...
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Nov 2022
Can a frequent flyer tax could solve aviation’s carbon challenge?
“The global aviation industry is responsible for about 2.5 per cent of the world’s carbon emissions – a bigger contribution than Australia – and if...
09
Nov 2022
Today is a big day! Announcing The Good Future Project: Gerd Leonhard, Futurist and Founder
The Good Future Project: we have 10 years to make it happen!
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Oct 2022
What You Need to Know Episode #3: Why we should be optimistic about the future. New video by futurist Gerd Leonhard.
What kind of future do we want for our children? What kind of ancestor will we be? So you may ask: How do we maintain...
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Aug 2022
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 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
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...
