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The Great Reduction: Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s take on virtual reality, sims...
Post summary: The so-called metaverse is the latest and the boldest attempt to replace human relationships and experiences with highly monetizable simulations, reducing complex human life to data...
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This decade represents our ‘last possible exit’ options in regards to climate...
2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet says Justin Worland in this powerful piece on Time.com – from July 2020 yet very relevant today. In a very much related TIME feature from April 2021...
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Must-read on moonshot thinking in Medical / Life-Sciences (via The Economist)
“An RNA vaccine against any disease is a message written in genetic code: a vaccine against malaria, or some form of cancer, can be made in the same way and with the same equipment as a SARS-CoV-2...
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Exponential Change – and what I said about The Future of the Music Industry...
As many of you may know, I was a digital music ‘activist' and pioneer in the early days of the Internet, from 1995 to around 2005. I wrote several books on the future of the music industry, published...
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Must-read: ARK Investments Big Ideas Report 2021, my highlights and comments...
ARK Investments has shared yet another MUST READ analysis of what's hot this year – really good stuff. Get the whole thing here (free registration required) Deep Learming ESSENTIAL POINT Watch my film...
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Brazil 2020 Opportunity Tree: good report by McKinsey *pre-covid
But still very useful. Have a look here “This material seeks to offer some perspectives on the opportunities that we can envision for Brazil, carefully selected based on the experience accumulated by...
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My latest post on Forbes.com: A Futurist’s Learnings From The Corona-Crisis,...
… just went online yesterday. “After 7 months of riding the pandemic rollercoaster, I recently experienced some penny-drop moments that I wanted to share with you. First, I realised that I need to...
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Barry Schwartz #mustread on efficiency and why ‘too much of a good thing can...
“A decade ago, the American psychologist Adam Grant and I argued in a journal paper that this ‘too much of a good thing’ phenomenon might be a general rule. Some motivation produces excellent...
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2021 will bring the Great American Pivoting
In 2021, with a newly empowered and decidedly more coherent political leadership, America will make an astonishing turnaround. Winston Churchill is often quoted as saying “You can always count on the...
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It’s 2022. What Does Life Look Like? Must-read via NYT (my fav. snippets)
The pandemic could shape the world, much as World War II and the Great Depression did. By David Leonhardt NYT. “It’s 2022, and the coronavirus has at long last been defeated. After a miserable...
View ArticleWinners and losers in new world order #postcoronafuture (via the Guardian)
“In Hong Kong, graffiti reads: “There can be no return to normal because normal was the problem in the first place.” Coronavirus: who will be winners and losers in new world order?...
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A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. How Covid-19 changed our world:...
Recently, I was greatly inspired by a post published by my fellow German Futurist Matthias Horx, describing a post-corona world. In it, he says: “At the moment I am often asked when Corona „will be...
View ArticleMust-read report by PEW Research: Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt...
Must-read report by PEW Research: Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy
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Happiness in the digital age: Free PDF with the complete 9th chapter of my...
My 2016 book Technology vs Humanity is still going strong; in fact it’s roaring, with new translations such as Russian and Chinese, and others coming soon. Many topics first mentioned in the book have...
View ArticleAI “emotion recognition” can’t be trusted (via The Verge)
“It took them two years to examine the data, with the review looking at more than 1,000 different studies. Their findings are detailed — they can be read in full here — but the basic summary is that...
View ArticleDouglas Rushkoff’s must-read on ‘technology out of control’– couldn’t have...
"The next decade will determine whether we human beings have what it takes to rise to the occasion of our own, imposed obsolescence"
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At Work, Expertise Is Falling Out of Favour (via The Atlantic)
“The ship’s most futuristic aspect, though, is its crew. The LCS was the first class of Navy ship that, because of technological change and the high cost of personnel, turned away from specialists in...
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Uber’s Path of Destruction (good read via American Affairs Journal): “Uber’s...
Powerful and deep read by Hubert Horan – really made me think differently about Uber! Some of the best snippets: “Most public criticisms of Uber have focused on narrow behavioral and cultural issues,...
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As Technology Becomes Cognitive, All Paths Must Lead To Collective Human...
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. Did I think we were...
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