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Free book excerpt from ‘Navigating the digital age’ by PaloAltoNetworks: The...
I’m very excited about my contribution to this amazing new book that was just published by Palo Alto Networks, entitled ‘Navigating the digital age’ (yes, it’s free – just follow the link). My chapter...
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The very first edition of my Digital Ethics newsletter is now available!
This is a new collaboration with TFA’s new curator PeterVan. Subscribe here. Read the first issue here. Welcome to my brand-new Digital Ethics newsletter, a weekly set of curated articles and...
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Please sign up for my Digital Ethics newsletter – this is the #1 technology...
Go here to read the latest edition and sign up for this weekly summary of the best #digitalethics (the ethics of exponential technological change) finds and morsels. And please spread the word via...
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A philosopher argues that an AI can’t be an artist (Sean Dorrance Kelly)...
Sean Dorrance Kelly is a philosophy professor at Harvard and coauthor of the New York Times best-selling book All Things Shining. In this lengthy but very worthwhile piece in MIT Technology review he...
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Free PDF with the entire 3rd Chapter of Futurist Gerd Leonhard’s book...
This chapter is now available in 9 languages! See below: There has been so much demand on the topic of this chapter – the ‘10 MEGASHIFTS that will define the next 10 years’ – that we decided to release...
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This is How AI is Redefining Love (a rather scary read via Medium)
DNA Dating and VR Dating “By 2020, DNA dating and VR dating will remove the last vestiges of unpredictability from love. In DNA dating, People will use their DNA, big data and artificial intelligence...
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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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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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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...
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"
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...
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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 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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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 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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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...
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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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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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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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