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Meet Futurist Gerd Leonhard in London October 4: Keynote at BREAKOUT2017: Ethical codes for a digital age
I am delighted to be able to contribute to this unique event in London, on October 4 2017 (for more details and updates go here)....
Job Opening: Leader of the Free World (via Handelsblatt)
“Economic policymakers must keep their borders open and ensure the stability of the global economy,” he said, adding that such a feat could only be...
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Sep 2017
A Country of Fear and Courage: Learnings from Two Years in America – Good SPIEGEL ONLINE story
“Fear, of course, is nothing new in America. It's a country that has always believed that the apocalypse is somehow just around the corner. But...
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Aug 2017
New video: Futurist Gerd Leonhard in conversation with AT&T’s John Donovan (AT&T Shape LA)
John Donovan (AT&T's Chief Strategy Officer and Group President) and me had a pretty cool chat about technology, connectivity, media, creativity and humanity – check it...
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Aug 2017
Five new human rights for the Digital Age (excerpt from Gerd Leonhard’s book Technology vs Humanity)
This is a slightly modified and hyper-linked excerpt from my new book ‘Technology vs Humanity'. Find out more about ‘Technology vs Humanity', check out the reviews,...
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Mar 2017
Are you ready to be microchipped? A short film presented by TFA Studio and FuturistGerd
Think about that. Download a high res MP4 version here (it's OK to use this clip under creative commons attribution non-commercial license) Art Director and...
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Mar 2017
Gerd Leonhard presentation at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business: Technology and Humanity – current challenges and issues
Here is my deck from yesterday's event: Stanford Talk School of Business Gerd Leonhard PUBLIC low res PDF 35 MB The Next 10 Years: Technology With...
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Feb 2017
Futurist Gerd Leonhard: Open letter to the Partnership on AI (take 2)
When machines have an IQ of 50,000, what happens to human values and ethics? By Gerd Leonhard Futurist , Author Technology vs Humanity The partnership...
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Jan 2017
Brilliant EFF ad in Wired (message to the tech community re. Trump): your threat model has changed
EFF Ad in Wired: Tech Community Must Secure Networks Against Trump Administration San Francisco – In a full-page advertisement in Wired magazine, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)...
17
Jan 2017
Video and slides: IAPP Data Protection Congress in Brussels, today: Technology and Humanity (updated)
Great event here in Brussels today, see more details here. NEW: here is the video of my keynote My new book TECHNOLOGY VS HUMANITY, as...
10
Nov 2016
Gerd Leonhard and The Future Show at SIBOS 2016: man machine futures, technology vs humanity?
This piece was published during Sibos 2016: Gerd-leonhard-SIBOS MAG 2016 pdf (download the PDF to read the entire piece) One of the keynote speakers at this year’s...
01
Oct 2016
Good read via The Economist: machine learning and government
Read: of prediction and policy (The Economist) Governments have much to gain from applying algorithms to public policy, but controversies loom Machine-learning systems excel at prediction....
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Aug 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
Europe Approves Tough New Data Protection Rules – NYTimes.com. The US-EU canyon is widening.
I think this is a very important step in the right direction - yet it will most certainly deepen the gulf between Europe and the...
17
Dec 2015
RadioLiveNZ Interview with Futurist Speaker Gerd Leonhard on the hard futures: work, jobs, government, humanity, and more
Here is a nice interview with RadioLiveNZ, from my last trip to NZ, a few weeks ago. A big thank you to RadioLiveNZ! International technology...
09
Aug 2015
Video and slides: my presentation from today’s CEO Clubs Greece event in Athens: digital transformation, and the future of Europe and… Greece
Great event here in Athens today! Really amazing to see that much optimism and openness despite all the really tough issues, here in Greece, right...
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Apr 2015
Interesting Chart: Global Trust Levels In Business And Governments (via Statista), my 2 cents
80 percent of people surveyed in 27 markets across the globe distrust their governments, businesses or both, according to Edelman's 2015 Trust Barometer. Looking at...
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Mar 2015
Update: audio recording and slides: presentation at Societe de Lecture in Geneva: private versus public – what is the future?
This was a fun event! I spoke about the future of privacy in a digital world and also on how all of this will impact...
