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...
View ArticleBarry 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View ArticleBrazil 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...
View ArticleMust-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...
View ArticleExponential 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...
View ArticleMust-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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleThe 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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